Peffersands (Beach) (East Lothian) weather

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Partly cloudy.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves and strong wind
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    7 day forecast for Peffersands (Beach)

    Today (7 December 2025)
    Time
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    W
    19
    WSW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    31
    29
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    89%
    UV - -
    Wind direction and speed
    21
    21
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (8 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Cloudy Light rain Heavy shower night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    20%
    70%
    80%
    40%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    17
    SW
    17
    SW
    15
    SW
    13
    SW
    10
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    9
    SW
    11
    SW
    13
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    SW
    12
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SW
    7
    SSW
    6
    S
    5
    S
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    29
    29
    29
    27
    24
    20
    19
    25
    25
    26
    28
    30
    30
    29
    26
    24
    23
    19
    18
    17
    14
    12
    11
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    87%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    82%
    80%
    78%
    79%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    19
    18
    16
    13
    10
    9
    10
    12
    13
    15
    17
    17
    17
    16
    14
    13
    12
    10
    9
    8
    7
    6
    5
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (9 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    60%
    80%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    4
    ESE
    5
    ESE
    5
    ESE
    7
    ESE
    9
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    15
    ESE
    17
    ESE
    17
    ESE
    16
    SE
    15
    SSE
    16
    S
    17
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    21
    SW
    22
    SW
    22
    SW
    23
    SW
    22
    SW
    23
    SW
    23
    SW
    23
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    10
    13
    17
    20
    22
    27
    30
    33
    35
    33
    33
    29
    29
    33
    33
    33
    35
    38
    34
    37
    36
    37
    37
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    95%
    96%
    95%
    94%
    92%
    89%
    87%
    84%
    80%
    81%
    78%
    76%
    74%
    73%
    73%
    72%
    73%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    5
    6
    7
    9
    11
    13
    15
    16
    16
    16
    16
    16
    17
    18
    18
    19
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    22
    22
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.8
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.9
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    4
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (10 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Clear night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    23
    SW
    23
    SW
    23
    SW
    23
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    23
    SW
    24
    SW
    23
    WSW
    23
    WSW
    22
    WSW
    22
    WSW
    22
    WSW
    21
    WSW
    21
    WSW
    20
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    36
    37
    37
    37
    36
    39
    39
    41
    39
    39
    39
    39
    38
    36
    35
    35
    35
    35
    33
    32
    32
    31
    30
    29
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    73%
    72%
    72%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    74%
    75%
    74%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    74%
    75%
    76%
    79%
    79%
    79%
    78%
    79%
    79%
    79%
    81%
    82%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    22
    22
    22
    23
    23
    23
    23
    23
    23
    23
    23
    24
    24
    24
    23
    23
    22
    22
    21
    21
    20
    19
    18
    17
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    3
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (11 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    SW
    14
    SW
    13
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    S
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    S
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    28
    27
    25
    22
    24
    21
    21
    21
    20
    21
    20
    22
    21
    20
    17
    17
    16
    15
    14
    15
    15
    15
    15
    15
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    81%
    81%
    81%
    82%
    83%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    80%
    80%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    16
    14
    13
    13
    13
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    13
    13
    12
    11
    10
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    6
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (12 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    10
    12
    13
    16
    16
    17
    15
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    85%
    87%
    88%
    88%
    84%
    85%
    87%
    87%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    8
    8
    9
    8
    10
    11
    13
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    1.0
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    8
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (13 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    15
    15
    16
    18
    17
    20
    18
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    87%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 13 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 13 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 13 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 13 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dunbar tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders weather forecast

    Headline:

    Heavy rain soon clearing. Showers later tonight and on Monday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    A cloudy and wet start with heavy rain soon clearing northeast this evening. Then a largely dry night, but showers or longer spells of rain spread northeast later in the night. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

    Monday:

    Showery rain soon clearing in the morning to leave a largely dry bright day, but with a few scattered showers. Breezy at times. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Cloudy with heavy rain on Tuesday. Drier Wednesday with showers and a few sunny spells. Cloudy with rain on Thursday. Strong winds and a risk of coastal gales throughout.

    Updated:

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