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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	Wed		Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Bunkers Jylland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Havik South and West	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Jabba's Lincolnshire	Aln Estuary North East England	Klitmoller Jylland	Aln Estuary North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Aln Estuary North East England	Black Middens North East England	Lista (Bausje) South and West	Arbroath Scot - East Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	4	3	4	4	2	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	3.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	3.0 NW	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NW	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	9	12	9	8	9	10	13	9	11
Energy(?)	820	1599	1556	1509	1335	973	341	351	1640	246	533	679	557	211	341	1277	672	1126	1422	2088	915	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:30PM 4.29	10:21AM 4.56		10:55PM 4.10	11:09AM 4.43	12:15PM 4.52	1:09AM 4.17		1:09PM 4.44	2:09AM 4.14		2:11PM 4.38		3:12AM 2.34	3:18PM 4.37		3:09AM 3.99	3:45PM 3.30			4:55PM 3.44
Low Tide / height (m)	5:16PM 1.61		4:16AM 1.68	4:50PM 1.42		5:01AM 1.79		6:47PM 1.76	6:59AM 2.27		7:44PM 1.83	8:02AM 2.35		8:46PM 0.66	9:07AM 1.03		9:58PM 0.66	9:15AM 1.89		9:50PM 1.50	9:09AM 1.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	2	3	4	5	3	6	6	6	5	5	1	3
Low °C	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	3	1	2	4	3	3	6	4	4	4	3	1	1
Chill °C (?)	6	7	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	0	-2	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	1	1	-5	-3
Sunrise	-	-	9:03	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:03	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:33	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:19	-
Sunset	3:29	-	-	3:22	-	-	3:30	-	-	3:23	-	-	3:42	-	-	3:49	-	-	3:42	-	-	3:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	1.1 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NW	1.2 NE
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	-	6	10	10	9	9	7	-	-	-	10	13	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.1 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	-	6	-	4	-	10	-	9	14	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	-	0.6 WNW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	9	-	3	9	-

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Freshwater West Wales - Pembrokeshire	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1259	1145	1019	1106	1071	1016	1556	1543	1509	1497	1295	1118	1004	1100	1091	575	638	341	406	287	77	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:09PM 4.21				11:29AM 4.59					12:16AM 4.23				12:12PM 2.74			11:49PM 3.99
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 1.61				4:16AM 1.68				5:59PM 1.68					6:03AM 0.80			5:39PM 1.48	6:05PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	3	5
Chill °C (?)	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	3	4	-2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	3:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:18	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 N	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.5 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	4	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	1.1 E	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5

	Wednesday 24											Thursday 25
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Freshwater West Wales - Pembrokeshire	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1467	1408	820	852	852	838	1178	1306	1463	1507	1659	1599	1574	1659	1633	1633	1581	1016	1493	902	41	1461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:30PM 4.29
Low Tide / height (m)					4:08PM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	3	7
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	5	-3	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	9:08
Sunset	-	-	3:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

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