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Fraserburgh

★★★★★Firing
Point break Faces N all tides Offshore South West Best swell north

Best of the week: Sunday around 06:00, 4–6 ft and cross-off.

Surf now3–4ft1.1 m at 7 s from the NW, wind sea 0.8 m from the W
Wind9mphSW · offshore · gusts 16
Tide 2.7mRising · high 02:38 (3.3 m). Works all tides.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–3 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sun
4–6 ft Swell NE 12s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
6–9 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 30 mph ★★★★★
Tue
5–7 ft Swell N 6s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Wed
6–8 ft Swell NE 9s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Thu
6–8 ft Swell NE 9s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19
Time 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 2–3 2–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 4–6 6–9 7–10 6–8 5–7 6–9 6–9 6–8 5–8 4–6 5–7 4–6 4–5 4–6 4–6 5–6 5–7 5–7 5–8 6–8 7–9 6–9 6–8 5–8 5–7
Swell 6s 6s 7s 7s 6s 12s 6s 6s 5s 5s 6s 6s 6s 8s 7s 6s 6s 6s 7s 7s 7s 8s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 11 9 15 16 12 5 18 17 17 12 30 25 30 26 16 18 15 14 19 18 22 26 22 18 23 16 13 11 13 15
Tide m 2.2↓ 1.6↑ 2.7↑ 3.4↓ 2.3↓ 2.5↓ 1.7↓ 2.4↑ 3.3↑ 2.6↓ 2.8↓ 1.9↓ 2.1↑ 3.1↑ 2.9↓ 2.9↓ 2.2↓ 2.0↑ 2.7↑ 3.1↓ 3.0↑ 2.5↓ 1.9↓ 2.4↑ 3.1↑ 2.9↑ 2.9↓ 2.0↓ 2.0↑ 3.0↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Fraserburgh faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Fraserburgh above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Tuesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Fraserburgh faces north. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from W round to E; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NNWW
NW
1.1 m at 7 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
W
0.8 m at 4 s (wind sea) · 20 % reaches the beach

How Fraserburgh works

Swell
Best from the north.
Wind
Offshore is from the south west; anything with north in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
all tides.
Getting there
North of aberdeen on the a92

Has various set ups, including a knarly point break + several beach breaks.. all with different aspects.. this place picks up swell from anywhere, and give a choice for a lot of wind conditions.

Tide times

  • Sat 02:38High3.3 m
  • Sat 08:23Low1.6 m
  • Sat 14:34High3.4 m
  • Sat 20:54Low1.4 m
  • Sun 03:25High3.2 m
  • Sun 09:03Low1.7 m
  • Sun 15:19High3.3 m
  • Sun 21:42Low1.5 m

Fraserburgh station, 2 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

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