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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	Thu		Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	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	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Murkle Point Scot - North Coast	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Beadnell Bay North East England	Oldshoremore Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Bunkers Jylland
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNE	1.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 WNW	-	1.5 N	1.2 N	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.5 N	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	8	8	8	-	9	9	11	11	10	8	7
Energy	1605	1009	671	512	437	36	385	426	290	302	58	488	492	393	0	452	480	584	731	688	873	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 3.69	9:12AM 4.85		8:11PM 4.52	8:26AM 4.42		9:59PM 3.00	9:49AM 3.62		10:03PM 3.66	10:49AM 4.54		10:57PM 2.91	10:36AM 3.34		9:19PM 7.37	9:32AM 7.16	10:20PM 0.15	11:25PM 3.26	11:55AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)		2:42AM 0.46		3:22PM 1.34	2:26AM 0.93		3:53PM 1.43			3:42PM 0.46		4:45AM 1.54	4:55PM 1.72		4:37AM 0.57	4:48PM 0.78	3:22AM 1.45		4:48AM 0.09		5:56AM 0.95	5:30PM 1.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	16	14	16	13	11	13	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	10	8
Low °C	14	12	12	12	8	12	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	5	6	6	4	6	6	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	13	16	13	10	11	5	3	5	5	8	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	1.2 W	-	1.2 N	0.4 NNE	1.5 N	1.2 N	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	13	12	11	11	5	10	10	8	8	6	9	-	8	6	9	9	11	11	10	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 N	-	1.2 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.8 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 N	1.3 N	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	10	10	6	8	10	10	4	8	-	8	9	8	10	9	10	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	1.5 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	2	5	6	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Armadale 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Dunnet Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Croyde Devon (North)	Havik South and West	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 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	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	6	11	10	10	10
Energy	1725	1467	1193	1009	603	521	683	560	512	431	423	415	427	296	464	433	40	43	99	426	381	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:06PM 4.76				9:12AM 4.85				9:03PM 3.73				8:55AM 3.72
Low Tide / height (m)	2:26PM 0.28				1:53AM 0.97				2:58PM 0.30				3:38AM 1.48				1:27PM 0.80				3:29AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	14	13	14	14	15	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	12	8	7	6	7
Chill °C (?)	19	18	13	13	13	14	15	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	6	6	11	12	6	4	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 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	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	6	5	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	10	-	10	-	6	6	6	-	-	9	9	11	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	1.6 NNE	1.2 NE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	5	6	6	7

	Thursday 30										Friday 01
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Armadale 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Dunnet Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Croyde Devon (North)	Havik South and West	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	13	12	12	11
Energy	1990	1777	1605	1581	852	852	1211	1175	1175	1086	1104	1009	977	558	887	780	60	74	145	656	645	455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:59PM 2.95										6:43AM 8.03		8:22AM 3.74
Low Tide / height (m)		2:26PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	15	15	15	14	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	10	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	15	13	15	15	12	9	12	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	3	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-

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