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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Saltburn-by-Sea North East England	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bore South and West	Freswick Bay Scot - East Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Harlyn Cornwall (North)	Bossiney Haven Cornwall (North)	Duckpool Bay Cornwall (North)	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Freshwater east Wales - Pembrokeshire	Abersoch Wales - Lleyn	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	5	4	1	0	5	2	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	0.3 NNE	-	1.7 W	0.6 W	1.7 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	1.7 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	10	-	14	14	17	16	14	13	12	13	19	9	10	13	13	7	8	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2273	2448	22	0	1539	227	1641	6536	2230	781	2426	1749	3029	928	1513	1949	1402	496	512	3788	3407	2127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 5.04		11:10PM 2.87	10:09AM 4.83		11:54PM 4.56			7:29PM 4.19	4:20AM 2.78		6:15PM 3.79	12:07PM 0.26	2:26PM 4.10		12:46PM 0.21	4:45PM 0.21		7:20AM 2.19	5:31PM 3.02		6:09AM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)		5:06PM 1.16		4:09AM 0.98	5:26PM 0.33		6:00AM 1.79	12:21PM 0.80	1:57AM 0.82	10:27AM 0.81		12:23AM 1.50	4:48AM 0.04		8:56PM 2.33	6:17AM 0.03		11:10PM 0.12			11:34PM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	3	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	11	9	8	4	8	7	7	10	13	12	15	6	6	9	9	10	8	6	5	6
Low °C	6	4	10	7	7	3	7	7	7	8	12	11	12	5	4	8	9	9	7	5	4	5
Chill °C (?)	4	1	8	6	3	-1	4	4	4	7	10	10	14	2	2	6	6	6	4	1	0	2
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.9 W	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.7 W	1.0 SSW	1.7 W	3.5 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.7 SW	0.2 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	17	10	9	14	6	17	16	14	13	12	13	12	9	10	13	13	12	8	20	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.2 N	-	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.2 E	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 W	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	18	12	7	-	9	14	7	9	8	8	-	20	19	16	15	4	-	-	-	20	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 S	1.8 W	0.4 SE	0.8 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	3.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	7	5	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	7	8	13	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Bamburgh North East England	Saltburn-by-Sea North East England	St Combs Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Saltstein or Saltstone South and West	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Njerve Pipeline South and West	Bore South and West	Hellesto South and West	Freswick Bay Scot - East Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	5	1	2	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.0 SE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 W	1.7 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	-	-	5	17	17	7	7	14	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1683	2310	4354	2134	1990	1732	1512	61	57	67	0	0	65	4086	4057	480	331	550	1470	4113	3022	3031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:42AM 5.14				11:13PM 4.74		5:40AM 4.22	6:29AM 4.26			4:24PM 4.27	8:40PM 0.19	11:54PM 4.56					2:49PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)				3:57PM 0.62													7:44AM 0.01				6:12PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	6	6	4	5	7	7	9	10	9	9	8	-1	6	5	3	5	5	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	2	4	2	0	1	4	3	7	7	6	6	5	-5	2	0	3	2	2	4	6	4	3
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	6	17	17	7	7	7	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.2 S	0.4 N	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	18	13	8	7	9	11	11	4	7	5	-	-	6	8	8	14	7	7	5	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	-	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SE	1.4 W	-	1.8 SW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	3	3	5	5	5	8	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Bamburgh North East England	Saltburn-by-Sea North East England	St Combs Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Saltstein or Saltstone South and West	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Njerve Pipeline South and West	Bore South and West	Hellesto South and West	Freswick Bay Scot - East Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	5	1	2	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	10	10	10	6	6	7	17	17	8	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1575	1723	2273	1698	2297	2310	2174	22	19	76	14	14	63	2336	2063	59	317	348	588	1560	1542	2034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:28AM 5.04	10:17AM 4.04								7:11PM 0.19
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	6	5	4	6	6	10	10	5	5	6	1	5	5	2	3	3	7	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	2	5	4	2	1	4	3	8	7	1	2	3	-2	0	0	-1	1	1	3	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.8 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	18	12	12	17	18	17	10	10	6	9	9	7	17	17	8	7	7	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.5 NNE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	18	12	18	18	12	13	12	6	6	10	4	4	5	8	8	8	17	17	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 W	-	-	1.6 SE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	6	-	4	4	7	-	-	6	5	5	5

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