Yellowcraig Beach surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 08 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
7.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Yellowcraig Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Yellowcraig Beach at 7AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.3
NNE
1.7
E
2.4
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
ENE
2.5
E
2.3
E
Period(s) (?)1010998887687891011111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)846651406329212140961248512271753140220253226273025742276196018161693156913791069
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
N
10
N
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
4.02
5:41PM
4.34
6:27AM
3.79
6:28PM
4.06
7:15AM
3.57
7:19PM
3.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.92
11:53PM
0.44
11:59AM
1.13
12:37AM
0.76
12:45PM
1.34
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise--8:38-------8:37-------8:37-----
Sunset----3:56-------3:56-------3:59---
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1-11-1--11-------
Temp. °C201233344555544432222111
Feels °C (?)-1-4-3-10-1-1-1-2-1-3-2-2-4-3-1-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-4
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