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Lossiemouth

When to go

8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Wind unknown · Low confidence

0.7–0.7 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: Wind speed unavailable

Forecast details
Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

A current wind forecast is unavailable.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence
  • Returned marine grid point is 18.1 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
  • Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
  • No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
  • Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
  • A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind Unavailable

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details
Offshore model swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7sValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/LondonMarine grid 57.8750, -3.2917 · offshore model, not a local measurement
Offshore model sea0.6 ft @ 7.5sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/London
Model wind— UnavailableunavailableNo usable model wind hour for this day
TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated
MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Lossiemouth · grid 57.7298,-3.2473 (2 km)0.7–2.3 ftRange across available hourly significant offshore wave forecasts for this local date; not breaking surf. Coastal shelter and nearshore transformations unresolvedIssued Sep 22, 10:08 PM GMT+1
Cefas Moray Firth WaveNet Site · 57.9665,-3.3331 · 28 km from Lossiemouth0.9 ft @ 8sObserved significant offshore wave height (Hm0), Moray Firth; telemetry with preliminary automated quality checks, not local breaking surf. Magnetic direction withheld pending conversion validation. © Crown copyright 2026; Cefas data provided as is, without warranty or liability for use. Data policy: https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/wavenet/data-policy/Observed Sep 23, 12:00 AM GMT+1

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Lossiemouth
TimeWindTideOffshore swell
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.5 ft @ 6s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.4 ft @ 5s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNE 0.4 ft @ 5s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableENE 0.4 ft @ 4s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableENE 0.5 ft @ 4s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableENE 0.5 ft @ 3s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNE 0.6 ft @ 3s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNW 0.8 ft @ 3s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableWNW 0.9 ft @ 3s
— UnavailableunavailableUnavailableunavailableNNW 0.8 ft @ 3s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.6 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.5 ft @ 7s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.5 ft @ 6s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.4 ft @ 5s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNE 0.4 ft @ 5s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellENE 0.4 ft @ 4s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellENE 0.5 ft @ 4s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellENE 0.5 ft @ 3s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNE 0.6 ft @ 3s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 0.8 ft @ 3s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 0.9 ft @ 3s
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Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 0.8 ft @ 3s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach break. Published named beach/break-area map coordinate; shoreline bearing and nearshore wave response unresolved. Official offshore sources use individual coastal points.

Mapped spot coordinate: 57.7133, -3.2603.

Great Britain · Moray Firth, Lossiemouth East Beach · Coastline orientation unresolved · Location provenance

Model request point: Lossiemouth (57.7133, -3.2603). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/9 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · UK · spot-level model point

  • National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
    Warnings and official marine narrative where no structured surf feed exists; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • Cefas Moray Firth WaveNet Site · 57.9665,-3.3331 · 28 km from Lossiemouth
    Cefas Moray Firth WaveNet Site · 57.9665,-3.3331 · 28 km from Lossiemouth; Observed significant offshore wave height (Hm0), Moray Firth; telemetry with preliminary automated quality checks, not local breaking surf. Magnetic direction withheld pending conversion validation. © Crown copyright 2026; Cefas data provided as is, without warranty or liability for use. Data policy: https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/wavenet/data-policy/    Current
  • UK National Coastal Monitoring Real-Time Data
    Wave buoys, tide gauges, and meteorology; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • UK Hydrographic Office Tidal API
    Tide predictions; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • WorldTides API
    Tide predictions and station lookup; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • Open-Meteo Marine API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Open-Meteo Weather API
    0 of 1 configured model points available    UnavailableNo source time
  • Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
    Independent wave-model backend and cross-check; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • Surf-Forecast public pages
    Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback    Not applicableNo source time
  • Surfline public spot pages
    Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadata    Not applicableNo source time
  • MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Lossiemouth · grid 57.7298,-3.2473 (2 km)
    MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Lossiemouth · grid 57.7298,-3.2473 (2 km); Range across available hourly significant offshore wave forecasts for this local date; not breaking surf. Coastal shelter and nearshore transformations unresolved    Current
How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.