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White Sands surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 GMT
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White Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's White Sands sea temperature is
7.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Sands today?

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 9PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

Table - waves today at White Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
SE
1.9
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)99988788889101098888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6015214453173412584165746346029968103942611471088274614632181110
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
40
SSE
35
S
35
S
40
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSW
50
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
ESE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
3.81
8:09AM
3.44
8:20PM
3.54
9:06AM
3.32
9:25PM
3.37
10:08AM
3.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.36
1:27AM
1.09
1:40PM
1.55
2:22AM
1.36
2:47PM
1.66
3:32AM
1.54
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------8:34-------8:33-------8:33-
Sunset3:57-------4:00-------4:00-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----212---1----------21
Temp. °C3334434578810989999776657
Feels °C (?)-3-3-4-4-5-7-5-4-21-10-2-3-1022111223
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