Cata Sand

Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 AM British Summer Time.

Poor

Knee-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward S, with strong cross-shore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.6 m

S

6 s

Wind

27 km/h

ENE

Cross-shore

Tide

2.5 m

Falling

Weather

12 °C

Clear

13 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Thursday, September 17, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 7 s

S

34 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

N

Offshore

2.1 m

Drizzle · 12 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

S

37 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

N

Offshore

2.4 m

Light rain · 12 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

S

39 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

N

Offshore

2.6 m

Light rain · 12 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

S

32 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2.7 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

S

27 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

2.5 m

Clear · 12 °C

5 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

SSE

16 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2.2 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

6 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

SE

18 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.8 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

7 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 6 s

E

20 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.6 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

8 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 6 s

E

25 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

E

26 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

E

27 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 12 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

E

30 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 13 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

E

30 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

2.2 m

Overcast · 13 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

E

31 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

2.5 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

E

34 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

2.6 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

E

33 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

2.7 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 8 s

E

34 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

2.6 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 8 s

E

28 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Light rain · 12 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

E

30 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

2 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

ESE

33 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

ESE

31 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 9 s

E

36 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

E

40 km/h · 62 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 9 s

ESE

39 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Overcast · 12 °C

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