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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Banff Scot - East Coast	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Kenfig Sands Wales - South East	FKK Stand Nordsee	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Dunnet Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	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	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	1	9	2	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NNE	6.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	8	7	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	122	26394	585	125	4810	3088	1500	1993	1508	1399	931	977	632	1293	1445	1873	1621	1802	1315	1023	454	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:15PM 3.40	10:59AM 3.17			3:42AM 4.22		8:12PM 3.75	8:15AM 4.08		11:04PM 2.80	11:28AM 2.60		7:10PM 9.01	9:44AM 5.30		7:47PM 8.99	10:22AM 5.17		10:42PM 3.05	11:04AM 4.93
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52AM 1.62	1:55PM 0.13		4:54AM 0.74	5:09PM 0.28	9:37PM 0.30	9:49AM 0.65	2:04PM -0.01	2:14AM 0.26		12:38PM 0.09		5:25AM -0.12	3:28PM 0.87	1:11AM -0.12	3:41AM 1.18	4:05PM 0.94	1:47AM -0.05	4:19AM 1.25	4:43PM 1.13		4:59AM 1.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	7	11	9	11	11	9	7	8	7	9	11	10	10	9	8	8	10	8	9
Low °C	6	6	9	6	9	7	9	9	7	7	8	6	7	10	9	9	9	4	5	8	6	7
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	4	8	5	9	10	7	6	5	4	9	11	8	10	8	6	5	8	6	5
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	6.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	18	16	7	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	23	11	16	18	8	8	8	13	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	1.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	8	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Tenby (North Beach) Wales - Pembrokeshire	Durlston South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	St Combs Scot - East Coast	Banff Scot - East Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Kenfig Sands Wales - South East	FKK Stand Nordsee	FKK Stand Nordsee	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Dunnet Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	9	7	6	2	1	1	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	22	20	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	8	18	6	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1432	575	611	201	113	76	72	9309	6691	5003	256	97	54	4346	1354	3245	3462	1186	2196	1884	1278	1958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:24AM 2.92														5:39AM 8.29	8:02AM 5.01
Low Tide / height (m)									1:05AM 0.72				3:37PM 0.44				1:57AM 1.55				2:22PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	10	7	7	10	9	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	6	5	5	6	4	6	6	6	7	4	5	6	8	4	4	7	7	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.6 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	20	22	20	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	8	7	6	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 W	0.3 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	23	22	22	10	10	11	-	18	17	8	-	9	8	18	18	13	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	5	4	2	3	-	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Tenby (North Beach) Wales - Pembrokeshire	Durlston South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	St Combs Scot - East Coast	Banff Scot - East Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandside Bay Scot - North Coast	Kenfig Sands Wales - South East	FKK Stand Nordsee	FKK Stand Nordsee	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Croyde Devon (North)	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Dunnet Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	9	7	6	2	1	1	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	7.5 WNW	7.5 WNW	7.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	7.0 WNW	1.0 W	6.5 WNW	6.0 WNW	2.3 WSW	5.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	7	13	14	14	14	19	19	19	18	6	6	18	17	17	17	8	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1280	373	393	139	117	53	53	40868	40339	40339	2033	203	187	29407	1132	23868	21993	1016	18417	16082	8062	12291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				7:27PM 4.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34AM 0.41									10:56AM 1.86			1:10PM 1.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	9	6	6	8	9	8	7	10	6	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	-2	0	-1	-1	-1	1	1	5	1	1	4	5	5	3	6	1	1	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	7.0 WNW	1.0 W	6.5 WNW	6.0 WNW	0.9 W	5.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period (s)	22	24	24	7	14	6	6	14	14	14	18	23	23	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.8 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 N	0.3 NW	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	24	14	14	14	-	-	-	13	13	13	10	11	11	-	-	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	7.5 WNW	7.5 WNW	7.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	7	5	4	3	3	19	19	19	18	6	6	-	7	-	-	8	-	4	5	4

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