Yellowcraig Beach surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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 8PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
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
Sunday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.2
NNE
1.8
E
2.2
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
SE
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)88876688891010101010101010999867
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212140961067156636265910991509157614951360124311241047830641533395367200393
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
E
5
E
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
0
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
25
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41PM
4.34
6:27AM
3.79
6:28PM
4.06
7:15AM
3.57
7:19PM
3.76
8:06AM
3.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
0.44
11:59AM
1.13
12:37AM
0.76
12:45PM
1.34
1:25AM
1.07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------8:37-------8:37-------8:37-
Sunset3:56-------3:56-------3:59-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------211--11----------1
Temp. °C333443455433222211112234
Feels °C (?)0-100-1-3-11-1-2-200-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-5-8-6-4
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