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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	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Bunkers Jylland	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Aln Estuary North East England	Bridlington North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Caves (Sandsend) North East England	Aberavon Wales - South East	Bedruthan Steps Cornwall (North)	Berwick-Upon-Tweed North East England
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	3.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.7 N	1.7 N	2.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	9	10	9	10	9	8	13	8	8	18	16	10
Energy(?)	1423	1777	820	1599	1392	1323	1194	862	544	351	1752	464	487	561	616	276	324	802	884	61	400	1878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:27PM 4.31	9:38AM 4.67		10:09PM 4.21	10:21AM 4.56		12:16AM 4.23			11:49PM 3.99		1:09PM 4.44	2:09AM 4.14		2:11PM 4.38		3:14AM 4.17	3:18PM 4.37		4:20AM 2.45	4:33PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 1.60	4:08PM 1.37		4:16AM 1.68	4:50PM 1.42		6:08AM 2.15	5:39PM 1.48		5:53AM 1.90		7:44PM 1.83	8:02AM 2.35		8:50PM 1.87	9:17AM 2.35		9:58PM 0.66	10:27AM 0.94		11:08PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	7	4
Low °C	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	2	3	4	3	4	5	4	3	7	3
Chill °C (?)	9	8	6	8	5	4	4	6	6	6	0	-1	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	3	-2
Sunrise	-	9:03	-	-	9:03	-	-	9:03	-	-	9:03	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-
Sunset	-	-	3:29	-	-	3:22	-	-	3:29	-	-	3:18	-	-	3:42	-	-	3:44	-	-	4:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.3 WSW	0.8 W	2.1 NNE
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	-	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	13	12	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 N	-	0.5 NNE	0.7 N	0.9 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	7	7	6	6	5	-	4	-	11	12	9	-	14	13	12	13	18	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 N	2.2 N	-	-	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	10

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	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay 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	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	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1422	1423	1548	1230	1077	1060	1259	1145	1019	1106	1071	1454	1392	1392	1323	1316	1155	1098	1080	1116	1005	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:27PM 4.31				9:38AM 4.67				10:09PM 4.21				11:29AM 4.59					12:09AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)				3:36AM 1.60				5:16PM 1.61				5:24AM 2.03				5:59PM 1.68					6:03AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23					Wednesday 24
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay 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	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	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	980	1453	1422	1615	1683	1423	2435	1928	1548	1482	1286	2140	2079	1831	1777	1630	1605	1605	1544	1387	1387	1316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:27PM 4.31													10:49AM 4.66
Low Tide / height (m)										3:36AM 1.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	10	10	9	7	6	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	5	6	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	16	16	16	16	-	16	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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