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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Bossiney Haven Cornwall (North)	Fraserburgh Scot - East Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Banff Scot - East Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Manorbier Wales - Pembrokeshire	Bedruthan Steps Cornwall (North)	Chapmans Pool South Coast	Black Middens North East England	Aln Estuary North East England	Black Middens North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Aln Estuary North East England	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.6 W	0.7 NNE	1.6 W	0.9 NNE	0.7 N	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 SW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.1 N	1.5 N	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	7	11	11	9	9	6	9	10	10	10	11	8	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	801	505	142	544	173	112	173	234	110	1172	2529	1066	969	516	468	510	726	350	261	246	258	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:06AM 3.23	7:21AM 3.38	6:57PM 4.63	7:44PM 3.69	8:18AM 3.55	5:46PM 6.75		12:48PM 3.16		9:00PM 3.93	9:20AM 3.76		9:24PM 4.00		5:17PM 4.91		5:59AM 5.63		8:34PM 7.69	8:50AM 8.01
Low Tide / height (m)					2:05AM 0.28			12:50AM 0.90	6:39AM 0.12	2:49PM 0.42	3:19AM 0.03		3:21PM 0.33	3:42AM 0.06	7:29AM 0.16		12:07AM 0.47	12:20PM 1.06	5:05PM 0.44	2:41AM 0.57		2:50PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	18	15	14	18	13	13	15	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	12	13
Low °C	13	15	17	13	11	16	13	12	15	11	8	9	11	10	10	11	10	11	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	18	13	14	17	11	11	15	9	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	12	13	13	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	7:32	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.6 W	0.7 NNE	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 N	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	-	2.4 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.1 N	1.5 N	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	11	11	9	9	8	-	10	10	10	11	8	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.1 W	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	12	17	9	11	6	5	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	-	-	0.7 NW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	7	-	3	7	-	-	4	-	6	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Balmedie Scot - East Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bossiney Haven Cornwall (North)	Sker Wales - South East	Fraserburgh Scot - East Coast	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Banff Scot - East Coast	Black Middens North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Admirals North East England	Abersoch Wales - Lleyn	Manorbier Wales - Pembrokeshire	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Llangennith Wales - Gower
Rating	1	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 N	1.5 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.5 W	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	83	257	1409	1257	1019	741	506	305	225	560	514	548	669	645	135	158	114	153	42	208	228	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:58PM 3.71										7:51PM 3.65							4:17PM 5.27	8:16PM 4.29			6:46AM 7.80
Low Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 1.04		12:46AM 1.26	1:25AM 0.51			11:50AM 1.74					2:05AM 0.28							12:46AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	2	1	1	2
Temp. °C	18	16	12	12	12	13	16	19	16	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	19	15	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	15	11	12	11	11	15	19	16	11	9	8	8	9	12	11	18	15	11	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	1.2 S	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNE	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.7 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	9	11	11	10	10	18	-	6	11	10	12	11	11	7	5	4	4	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 W	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	3	6	8	-	-	3	-	-	6	7	7	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	4	5	-

	Thursday 18										Friday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Balmedie Scot - East Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bossiney Haven Cornwall (North)	Sker Wales - South East	Fraserburgh Scot - East Coast	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Banff Scot - East Coast	Black Middens North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Admirals North East England	Abersoch Wales - Lleyn	Manorbier Wales - Pembrokeshire	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Llangennith Wales - Gower
Rating	1	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 N	1.5 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	0.6 NNE	1.2 N	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	7	7	7	7	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	83	182	1012	801	775	765	644	480	150	820	1253	1013	1032	981	75	51	44	44	314	858	715	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			7:20AM 3.54
Low Tide / height (m)													1:25AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	13	13	13	13	17	18	14	12	12	12	11	11	13	17	16	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	10	10	10	10	16	17	13	11	11	12	11	11	12	16	15	16	14	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	0.6 NNE	1.2 N	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.9 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	6	12	12	12	12	-	-	7	12	11	11	11	11	10	5	-	-	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.5 S	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.6 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	3	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	8	-	3	3

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