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White Sands surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 07 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
8.0° 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 2AM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
E
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101099988776789101111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120710809247164743432321711131341371192065311502258737603327315527762574220521091904
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
E
10
NNE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
4.08
5:44PM
4.39
6:29AM
3.84
6:31PM
4.11
7:17AM
3.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
0.17
11:18AM
0.93
11:55PM
0.44
12:01PM
1.14
12:39AM
0.77
12:47PM
1.36
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise----8:37-------8:37-------8:36---
Sunset------3:55-------3:56-------3:57-
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
22------11-2111111-1----
Temp. °C323223343555655333443332
Feels °C (?)1-2-1-3-2-1000-2-2-2-3-4-4-6-5-5-3-2-2-1-1-3
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