Scotland East Coast Surf

Detailed Scotland East Coast 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 Scotland East Coast. 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 Scotland East Coast. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Scotland East Coast over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Scotland East Coast and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Scotland East Coast Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Scotland East Coast Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Scotland East Coast coastline are also listed below.

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Scotland East Coast Wavefinder

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	Wed		Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland East Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 N	2.0 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	15	14	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	10	9
Energy(?)	1570	927	503	534	409	323	223	311	706	1453	1860	993	857	2145	2036	1201	1198	1279	1084	604	434	740
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:54PM 3.39	8:01AM 4.14		7:59PM 4.24	9:10AM 5.22		9:31PM 5.14	9:52AM 5.10		10:22PM 4.89	10:13AM 3.83		10:06PM 4.56	10:22AM 4.61		12:29AM 4.29	11:32AM 4.36	12:33PM 4.41	1:52AM 4.07		12:52PM 4.17
Low Tide / height (m)		2:24AM -0.21		2:00PM -0.09	2:22AM -0.12	3:03AM 0.92	3:25PM 1.04		3:46AM 1.14	4:11PM 1.14		4:12AM 0.38	4:42PM 0.22		4:07AM 1.50	4:50PM 1.43		5:02AM 1.91		7:05PM 1.80	6:11AM 2.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	11	11	12
Low °C	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	4:20	-	-	4:15	-	-	4:10	-	-	4:15	-	-	4:12	-	-	4:09	-	-	4:05	-	-	4:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 N	2.0 NNE
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	15	14	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 N	0.9 N	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.5 N	0.9 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	8	-	7	11	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	18	8	8	8	12	10	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 W	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	8	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland East Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	18	16	16
Energy(?)	1584	1313	1025	917	770	691	503	522	517	530	527	552	500	347	292	244	223	233	202	269	335	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 4.20				8:29AM 5.24				8:44PM 5.27				7:49AM 5.15					9:31PM 5.14
Low Tide / height (m)	2:01PM 0.03				1:39AM -0.21				2:41PM 1.05				2:41AM -0.11								2:35AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	13	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	4	7	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	3	-	-

	Wednesday 05											Thursday 06
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland East Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1346	1584	1463	1404	1384	1331	1177	1120	1133	994	983	916	841	704	612	603	691	514	590	595	429	430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:59PM 5.28
Low Tide / height (m)														1:10AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	15	10	10	8	8	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	4	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	5	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-

Scotland East Coast Surf Breaks

beach/groyne/river

reef

beach and point

beach

beach and point

beach and reef

beach and reef

point

beach

sandbar

beach

beach and reef

beach

beach and point

river

beach and point

point

reef

beach

beach and point

beach and reef

point/river

reef

reef

river

sandbar

reef

reef

beach and point

beach and reef

reef

beach and reef

point

beach

beach

beach and reef

beach and reef

reef

beach/groyne

point

reef

reef/jetty

point

An abundance of breaks to choose from up and down the coast, from beach breaks, reef breaks to river mouths. With several large towns all up and down the coast a wide range of amenities, parking is available. Classic breaks such as Pease Bay and beautiful isolated bays like Lunan both of which hold fantastic surf but of a different variety. Nigg Bay offers more than likely the best surf in the region with fast Hollow rights and lefts. It's also on eof the more popular places along the coast so you may have to fight for a parking space on a busy day.

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