North Sea Surf

Detailed North Sea surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in North Sea. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in North Sea. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in North Sea over the next 7 days. Surf photos from North Sea and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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North Sea Wavefinder

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	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Primrose Valley North East England	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Oldshoremore Scot - North Coast	Ackergill Scot - East Coast	Chapel St Leonards Lincolnshire	Black Middens North East England	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Berwick-Upon-Tweed North East England
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 N	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 N	1.0 N	-	0.4 NNE	2.0 N	2.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNE
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	5	6	9	8	9	8	-	9	8	8	10	8
Energy	2113	1751	1009	671	512	477	38	373	326	360	133	263	246	285	379	236	0	37	576	805	780	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:42PM 4.45	8:42AM 3.72		9:03PM 3.73	9:44AM 4.80		8:41PM 4.54	8:58AM 4.36		10:29PM 2.96	10:23AM 3.49		9:42PM 4.42	11:23AM 4.36		2:13AM 2.46	11:13AM 3.13		9:50PM 7.15	9:18AM 5.25
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.77	1:53AM 0.97		2:39PM 0.29	3:15AM 0.39		3:53PM 1.43	2:59AM 0.95		4:24PM 1.55		4:21AM 0.45	4:15PM 0.60		5:20AM 1.66	5:27PM 1.91	7:37PM 0.76	5:14AM 0.75	5:25PM 0.97	3:52AM 1.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	3	-
High °C	16	16	14	16	13	11	14	8	6	5	7	8	9	8	6	6	6	10	7	6	5	8
Low °C	15	14	12	13	11	8	12	7	5	5	6	7	8	7	4	5	6	9	6	6	4	6
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	16	12	10	13	4	2	3	5	5	6	6	4	2	3	8	3	2	1	7
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 N	0.8 NE	0.1 N	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 N	1.4 N	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	11	11	4	10	10	9	6	10	9	8	9	8	5	9	-	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	-	0.1 S	0.3 E	-	-	1.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	6	10	10	-	-	10	5	-	8	9	8	-	6	4	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	1.3 N	0.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 NW	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.5 NNW	-	2.0 N	2.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	5	5	6	8	-	-	5	5	-	8	8	8	-

	Thursday 30							Friday 01								Saturday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	9
Energy	2860	1522	1459	2078	1490	1467	1193	1009	614	521	683	560	512	494	353	415	427	302	473	433	42	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			7:21AM 4.38				9:06PM 4.76				9:12AM 4.85				8:11PM 4.52				8:55AM 3.72			6:40PM 6.37
Low Tide / height (m)	2:29AM 1.68				2:07PM 0.29				1:53AM 0.97				2:58PM 0.30				3:38AM 1.48	5:51AM 0.40			1:19PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	17	18	18	14	13	14	15	15	14	12	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	17	18	18	13	13	13	15	15	14	12	11	8	10	10	8	6	6	13	11
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	10	6	10	-	6	6	6	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Thursday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10
Energy	3241	1743	1719	2929	2583	2648	2445	2411	1459	1236	2167	1883	1990	1541	983	1535	1377	841	1259	1139	57	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:37AM 4.84												8:13PM 3.72
Low Tide / height (m)														2:07PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	13	12	11	12	13	15	15	16	13	18	17	17	16	15	12	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	13	11	12	11	10	11	12	15	15	15	11	18	17	17	15	14	9	14	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	4	6	-	-	4	4

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