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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	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Bamburgh North East England	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Bore South and West	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	1	1	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SE	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	9	14	13	12	16	15	14	14	13	6	11	11	11	10	7	8	8	9	8	8
Energy	264	132	138	135	549	1175	2436	1987	2420	1701	1121	192	637	467	125	269	356	249	240	152	274	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:28PM 3.28		6:48AM 3.51			5:34AM 6.42		8:03PM 3.59	7:47AM 3.72		7:42PM 4.45	7:54AM 4.42		8:11PM 4.52	9:16AM 3.70		9:12PM 3.76	9:49AM 3.62		10:30PM 4.77	10:49AM 4.54
Low Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 0.96		1:14PM 0.43	11:29PM 1.49	11:59AM 1.17	1:06PM 0.83	2:08AM 0.59		1:41PM 0.77	1:53AM 0.97		2:14PM 0.78	2:26AM 0.93		2:45PM 0.85	3:29AM 0.39		4:24PM 1.55		4:45AM 1.54	3:47PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	12	13	15	12	16	16	13	15	12	9	9	8	7	6	9	9	11	10
Low °C	10	10	11	12	11	12	13	11	13	13	12	11	10	8	8	7	6	6	9	8	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	12	11	13	14	12	16	15	13	14	10	8	9	4	4	3	6	7	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	8:55	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:05	-	9:30	9:09	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	0.6 N	1.2 W	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 ESE	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.7 N	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	13	12	16	15	14	14	13	6	11	11	6	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNE	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	9	5	5	14	9	18	12	8	8	-	-	8	6	-	11	-	6	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	1.2 SE	-	-	-	1.2 NE	1.4 N	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	3	5	4

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	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	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Freshwater West Wales - Pembrokeshire	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 NNE	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	14
Energy	315	256	208	203	48	61	114	125	155	204	309	507	570	596	1115	1218	2602	3478	3549	3326	3073	1672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 3.28				4:48AM 6.16				6:37PM 4.20				6:45AM 4.30	7:30AM 3.62				8:36PM 4.68
Low Tide / height (m)				12:47AM 0.96								12:42AM 1.26					1:33PM 0.33				2:29AM 1.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	11	10	9	11	14	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	8	6	11	14	10	12	12	12	11	10	12	13	12	14	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 N
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	11	10	5	5	15	13	9	9	9	8	19	17	12	8	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	-

	Monday 27										Tuesday 28
	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	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Freshwater West Wales - Pembrokeshire	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	328	319	259	259	40	46	171	207	209	131	132	132	129	129	163	134	161	154	70	87	85	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																		6:48AM 3.51	7:14AM 4.62
Low Tide / height (m)											12:00AM 1.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	14	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	8	12	9	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	9	8	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	5	6	9	9	12	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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