Yellowcraig Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.07° N 2.78° W

Yellowcraig Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Yellowcraig Beach sea temperature is
12.6°C
0.4° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Yellowcraig Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (22 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 58mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 6°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu night, strong winds from the NW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.2
ESE
8
0.9
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
7
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
E
6
0.2
ENE
6
0.2
ENE
6
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
8
0.9
ESE
5
1.4
E
7
1.9
N
6
1.2
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
511
382
192
113
76
47
42
16
18
9
3
4
4
2
1
45
173
264
132
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
30
WSW
35
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
NE
35
N
45
NW
50
NW
30
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:49PM3.54m
12:33PM3.57m
00:33AM3.81m
1:11PM3.87m
Low Tide
5:41PM1.66m
6:13AM1.08m
6:29PM1.37m
6:53AM0.76m
7:08PM1.06m
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:54
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:56
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:53
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:52
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
6
12
15
12
8
Temp °C
13
11
9
8
8
7
8
10
11
8
7
7
8
9
9
8
6
6
7
Feels °C
10
9
3
0
1
0
0
2
5
4
4
5
4
5
5
1
-4
-5
0
  • 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