White Sands surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST
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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
14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at White Sands today?

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 9AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)6887777888889999999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)471131291146642221716222434405074719491100101807976106
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
25
SE
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:31AM
3.47
10:56PM
3.46
11:55AM
3.58
12:10AM
3.70
1:00PM
3.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
1.33
4:38PM
1.70
5:29AM
1.23
6:11PM
1.54
6:44AM
0.93
7:08PM
1.28
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:46------
Sunset-----7:25-------7:22-------7:21--
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3--------1---------2----
Temp. °C121113151715121112111213161614131213151517181818
Feels °C (?)9678109879979121210989121313161413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at White Sands (moderate winds from the W at North Berwick wx 13 km from White Sands). A 1.1m swell from the NE

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Actual: 38 min ago

27 km/h
W
Offshore
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