Yellowcraig Beach surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Yellowcraig Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Yellowcraig Beach sea temperature is
7.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Yellowcraig Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Yellowcraig Beach at 2AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s

Table - waves today at Yellowcraig Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.7
E
1
E
0.7
ENE
1
ESE
1.2
E
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)766666666655555666767777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313800003145452415121177140624673126198158223
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
3.68
1:31PM
3.87
1:59AM
3.84
2:09PM
4.09
2:36AM
3.96
2:44PM
4.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
1.06
7:17AM
1.11
7:41PM
0.82
7:54AM
0.94
8:19PM
0.60
8:28AM
0.80
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----8:30-------8:29-------8:27---
Sunset------4:10-------4:13-------4:15-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----31---------131------
Temp. °C544567755443455666667798
Feels °C (?)111124532221222343445574
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