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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	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Sea	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	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Havik South and West	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aln Estuary North East England	Aln Estuary North East England	Bergen aan Zee Netherlands	Aln Estuary North East England
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 NE	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 N	2.2 N	2.5 NW	1.1 N
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	10	10	8	8	6	9	8	4	4	9	6	8	6
Energy	2419	1791	2387	1705	1009	636	373	354	93	253	308	234	247	26	209	336	6	8	9	377	978	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:10PM 3.55	8:37AM 4.84		9:06PM 4.76	7:54AM 4.42		9:03PM 3.73	9:16AM 3.70		10:02PM 4.81	10:16AM 4.69		10:30PM 4.77	10:49AM 4.54		10:14PM 3.58	10:58AM 3.32		10:16PM 4.27	12:02PM 4.18
Low Tide / height (m)		2:14AM 0.57		2:50PM 1.31	3:04AM 1.55		2:14PM 0.78	3:15AM 0.39		3:30PM 0.36		4:11AM 1.48	3:16PM 0.98		4:45AM 1.54	4:15PM 0.60		4:56AM 0.57	5:27PM 1.91		5:56AM 1.81	4:52PM 1.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	4	6	1
High °C	15	12	17	17	14	15	11	9	9	7	6	5	8	6	9	8	11	7	7	3	7	8
Low °C	14	12	14	14	13	14	11	8	8	7	5	5	6	6	8	7	7	5	7	2	5	7
Chill °C (?)	14	12	17	16	13	15	9	7	8	2	1	5	6	2	6	6	10	2	3	-1	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-	9:22	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:50	-	9:15	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 NE	0.9 NW	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 N	-	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	5	10	10	8	8	6	9	5	4	4	9	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	8	8	-	6	10	-	-	11	-	-	9	9	5	9	8	4	5	4	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.3 SW	-	1.1 NNE	1.3 N	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	-	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	-	0.6 SW	-	2.2 N	2.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	-	5	7	5	3	-	4	8	-	4	-	6	8	-

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay 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	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Energy	2647	3755	3412	3283	2860	1522	1459	2078	1725	1467	1193	1009	539	706	683	531	439	494	423	354	427	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:36PM 4.68				7:21AM 4.38				9:06PM 4.76				9:12AM 4.85				9:34PM 4.80
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33PM 0.33				2:29AM 1.68				2:26PM 0.28				1:53AM 0.97				2:39PM 0.29				3:38AM 1.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1
Temp. °C	12	15	13	12	13	12	14	17	19	18	14	13	14	13	15	14	12	11	10	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	15	12	11	12	11	14	17	19	18	13	12	14	13	15	13	10	11	10	7	9	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	10	10	-	6	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 29										Thursday 30
	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	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay 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	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	2189	2384	2419	2873	3234	1995	1969	3683	3683	3635	3326	3283	1767	2937	2860	2628	2393	2648	2445	1480	2411	1236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:11PM 4.34	8:03PM 3.59
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33PM 0.33												1:19AM 1.08	2:29AM 1.68
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	13	17	15	15	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	17	14	14	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 N	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	8	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	6	-

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