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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	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	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Mother Ivey s Spot M Cornwall (North)	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Bamburgh North East England	Abersoch Wales - Lleyn	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Rhosneigr Wales - Anglesy
Rating	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 NNE	1.2 SE	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 NNE	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	17	17	16	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	11	6	11	11	11	9	10
Energy(?)	411	292	216	205	2945	2443	2060	1404	3891	2261	3271	1986	1941	1441	1030	753	203	835	897	799	707	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:42AM 4.13		9:32PM 3.27	8:34AM 5.06		9:07PM 4.88	10:38AM 4.90		10:06PM 4.56	10:22AM 4.61		11:16PM 4.23			9:57PM 5.40		1:58PM 2.60	1:56AM 3.87	3:18AM 4.02	2:51PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM -0.11		3:26PM -0.06			3:02PM 0.82		4:31AM 1.47	5:01PM 1.33		4:07AM 1.50	5:58PM 1.57		6:17AM 2.24	3:45PM 1.42		7:30AM 1.08		7:25PM 1.85	8:59AM 2.64		10:02PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	4	-	-	10
High °C	14	13	14	12	13	12	11	11	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	8	12
Low °C	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	8	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	12	11	11	11	10	12	10	9	10	9	8	8	11	12	12	12	13	4	11
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:16	-	-	4:05	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:09	-	-	4:07	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 NNE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	11	17	16	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	11	11	11	11	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.8 WNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.0 W	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 NNE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	10	10	9	17	8	8	8	18	9	9	9	12	12	12	13	-	-	14	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 W	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	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	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Mother Ivey s Spot M Cornwall (North)	Port Isaac Cornwall (North)	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	583	506	507	503	292	247	216	208	207	205	277	551	665	1303	6219	4030	3188	3006	1287	1367	1018	1197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:19PM 4.20				7:49AM 5.15								8:34AM 5.06	9:52AM 5.10				10:24PM 3.06				10:38AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)				3:04AM -0.05			2:15PM 0.65	3:25PM 1.04			2:35AM 0.73	3:46AM 1.14			12:56PM 0.05					4:31AM 1.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	11	12	12	11	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	11	11	12	11	10	10	12	11	9	11	10	9	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	9	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Thursday 06					Friday 07
	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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	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	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Mother Ivey s Spot M Cornwall (North)	Port Isaac Cornwall (North)	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.9 N
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	605	594	684	625	416	411	411	414	409	402	352	328	306	323	344	210	418	365	241	221	279	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:44PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)																						3:26PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	10	10	14	14	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	-	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	9	-	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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