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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	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	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	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Nothing Left Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Freswick Bay Scot - East Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SE	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.7 WNW	1.5 W	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	2.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	13	12	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	5	4	12	11
Energy	544	1175	2418	1791	2387	1605	1044	671	439	467	32	365	310	347	361	293	158	257	6	1	1102	2973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 4.30		8:29PM 2.86	8:08AM 3.69		8:13PM 3.72	9:12AM 4.85		9:34PM 4.80	8:26AM 4.42		8:41PM 4.54	10:16AM 4.69		10:03PM 3.66	10:49AM 4.54		9:42PM 4.42	10:05AM 4.09		11:31PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42AM 1.26		1:06PM 0.83	2:31AM 0.46		2:26PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.46		3:22PM 1.34	3:38AM 1.48		2:45PM 0.85	2:59AM 0.95	4:11AM 1.48	4:01PM 0.47		4:45AM 1.54	4:55PM 1.72		4:05AM 1.14	5:27PM 1.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	16	13	17	17	14	15	13	10	11	7	6	8	8	8	10	10	9	11	7	6
Low °C	11	13	14	12	14	15	13	14	11	8	10	6	5	7	7	6	9	10	7	8	7	4
Chill °C (?)	11	13	15	13	17	16	13	14	11	8	9	3	2	8	6	6	10	9	6	8	2	2
Sunrise	-	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SE	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.7 WNW	0.5 N	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	13	12	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	3	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	9	18	12	8	8	-	6	10	10	-	-	-	8	10	10	9	9	4	4	5	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	0.6 SE	-	0.6 W	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	-	2.0 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	4	7	4	-	12	11

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale 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	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	12	13	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	309	531	570	1105	1067	1919	2647	3244	3423	3283	1719	1522	1459	2078	1725	1467	1193	1044	614	521	683	583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:30AM 3.62				8:36PM 4.68				7:21AM 4.38				9:06PM 4.76				9:12AM 4.85
Low Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 1.26					1:33PM 0.33				1:19AM 1.08				2:26PM 0.28				1:53AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	13	15	12	15	13	13	12	12	14	16	18	17	14	14	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	9	13	15	11	14	12	12	12	11	14	16	18	17	13	14	13	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	19	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale 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	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	17	16	16	16
Energy	195	309	309	397	478	544	702	621	698	688	570	596	587	917	1067	1066	1355	1567	1210	2005	2418	2645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:45AM 4.30
Low Tide / height (m)							1:12AM 0.75												1:06PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	13	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	13	14	13	14	13	13	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 NNE	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	19	19	19	18	18	17	8	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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