Yellowcraig Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.07° N 2.78° W

Yellowcraig Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Yellowcraig Beach sea temperature is
12.6°C
0.3° 

Yellowcraig Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Yellowcraig Beach today (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Yellowcraig Beach at 6PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (20 Oct)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (20 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
ESE
7
2
ESE
7
2.2
ESE
7
2.3
ESE
8
2.3
ESE
8
2.2
ESE
8
2.3
ESE
8
2.5
ESE
8
2.4
E
9
2.3
E
9
2
E
9
1.7
E
8
1.5
E
8
0.8
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
6
0.3
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
326
381
526
652
686
660
719
812
848
823
580
390
289
105
58
81
35
17
9
8
7
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
15
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
40
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:49AM3.06m
10:55PM3.30m
11:48AM3.28m
11:49PM3.54m
12:33PM3.57m
Low Tide
4:29PM1.88m
5:22AM1.38m
5:41PM1.66m
6:13AM1.08m
6:29PM1.37m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:50
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:52
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:54
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
5:59
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:57
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:53
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
3
2
5
4
1
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
11
12
12
11
10
10
10
11
10
11
12
10
9
8
8
8
8
10
11
9
7
Feels °C
5
6
6
5
5
6
5
7
7
6
9
7
3
-1
1
1
2
3
6
6
4
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Yellowcraig Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest