Is there surf at Brims Ness today?

Fun: waves 1.5 m at 8 s from WSW, swell 1.0 m · 9 s WNW (Sat 20:00).

Is the wind offshore at Brims Ness?

Wind 18 km/h from S: offshore for a beach facing NNW.

When is the best time to surf Brims Ness today?

No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.

Where do the numbers come from?

The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.

Surf forecast · United Kingdom · Scotland

Surf forecast Brims Ness today

Waves, swell and wind at Brims Ness (Scotland, United Kingdom) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.

Right now

Waves1.5 m8 s · from WSW

Swell1.0 m9 s · from WNW

Wind18 km/hfrom S · gusts 28 · offshore

Water12.2 °C

Fun offshore.

Brims Ness surf forecast, next 3 days

Flat
Small
Fun
Good
Big

Saturday 24 October

No daylight hours left today: see tomorrow.

Sunday 25 October

Fun Best window 07:00–10:00: fun, onshore.

Time	Waves	Swell	Wind
09:00	2.4 m · 7 s WNW	1.3 m · 9 s W	49–79 km/h W cross-shore
12:00	7.0 m · 10 s WNW	0.2 m · 8 s E	78–129 km/h WNW onshore
15:00	7.4 m · 11 s WNW	0.3 m · 8 s N	70–115 km/h WNW onshore

Monday 26 October

Good Best window 14:00–17:00: good, offshore.

Time	Waves	Swell	Wind
09:00	3.5 m · 9 s WNW	3.3 m · 8 s WNW	19–30 km/h SSW cross-shore
12:00	2.9 m · 9 s WNW	2.7 m · 8 s WNW	16–24 km/h SSE offshore
15:00	2.4 m · 9 s WNW	2.1 m · 7 s NW	23–36 km/h SE offshore

Tuesday 27 October

Fun Best window 07:00–10:00: fun, offshore.

Time	Waves	Swell	Wind
09:00	1.3 m · 6 s SSW	0.6 m · 8 s WNW	49–79 km/h S offshore
12:00	1.4 m · 5 s SW	0.7 m · 8 s W	57–89 km/h SW cross-shore
15:00	1.8 m · 6 s WSW	0.5 m · 9 s WNW	68–104 km/h WSW cross-shore

Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.

Forecast for Sat 20:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 19:11 UTC

Waves map around Brims Ness

Open the waves map centred on Brims Ness

Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.

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Questions

Is there surf at Brims Ness today?: Fun: waves 1.5 m at 8 s from WSW, swell 1.0 m · 9 s WNW (Sat 20:00).
Is the wind offshore at Brims Ness?: Wind 18 km/h from S: offshore for a beach facing NNW.
When is the best time to surf Brims Ness today?: No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.
How warm is the water at Brims Ness?: 12.2 °C
Where do the numbers come from?: The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.

Nearby surf spots

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How it is computed

Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Brims Ness, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.