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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	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Freswick Bay Scot - East Coast	Bore South and West	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Bridlington North East England	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SE	1.4 WNW	0.6 SE	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	-	-	0.8 NNW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	12	16	15	14	13	13	12	6	10	6	10	9	10	9	6	7	8	6	-	-	8	6
Energy	1175	2418	1791	2387	1725	1009	683	58	419	20	385	269	307	277	76	61	39	71	0	0	77	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 3.59	8:08AM 3.69		8:41PM 3.64	9:12AM 4.85		8:11PM 4.52	8:26AM 4.42		10:02PM 4.81	9:49AM 3.62		10:30PM 4.77	10:49AM 4.54		9:42PM 4.42	11:23AM 4.36	2:07PM 2.41	11:31PM 4.56	11:13AM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)		2:17PM 0.23	2:08AM 0.59		2:07PM 0.29	2:49AM 0.45		3:22PM 1.34	2:26AM 0.93		2:45PM 0.85			4:24PM 1.55		4:45AM 1.54	3:47PM 1.15		5:20AM 1.66			5:14AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	-
High °C	13	16	13	17	18	15	15	14	10	9	7	6	8	8	8	10	9	7	8	8	6	8
Low °C	13	14	12	14	18	12	15	13	8	9	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	7	6	8	4	7
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	17	18	15	15	12	9	7	3	2	5	5	6	8	5	4	4	4	3	4
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	0.6 SE	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	16	15	14	13	13	12	-	10	6	10	9	10	9	6	7	8	6	8	9	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	18	12	8	8	-	6	6	-	-	-	12	10	9	9	5	4	4	8	3	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	6	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	6

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich 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	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	12	13	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	570	1105	1067	1919	2647	3727	3423	3283	1719	1522	1459	1910	1725	1467	1193	1028	614	521	683	422	544	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:30AM 3.62				8:36PM 4.68				7:21AM 4.38				9:06PM 4.76				9:12AM 4.85	11:41AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)					1:33PM 0.33				1:19AM 1.08				2:26PM 0.28				1:53AM 0.97				3:22PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	16	12	15	14	13	12	12	14	16	19	18	15	13	14	13	15	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	16	11	15	13	12	11	11	14	16	19	18	15	13	13	12	15	13	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	19	12	12	8	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich 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	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	500	798	796	781	852	757	756	917	787	976	1104	1567	2083	2208	2418	2886	2021	1995	3196	2141	3423	3217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:59AM 4.77
Low Tide / height (m)													1:52PM 0.33	2:14PM 1.33
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	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	14	16	16	15	15	12	12	13	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.0 W	0.9 W	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	19	18	18	17	18	12	12	12	12	8	8	10	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	8	-

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