Peterhead Lido (Beach) (Aberdeenshire) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Cloudy.
🏖️ Beach safety today:

Enjoy the beach but be aware that the wind may affect your control of direction

• beginner paddleboarders/kayakers should seek advice

Tide: Next high tide (3.3m) at

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    7 day forecast for Peterhead Lido (Beach)

    Today (12 May 2026)
    Time
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Light shower night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    7
    SW
    6
    SSW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    17
    16
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    74%
    79%
    81%
    UV 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    7
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (13 May 2026)
    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 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    5
    WSW
    5
    WSW
    5
    WSW
    5
    W
    5
    W
    5
    WNW
    5
    WNW
    6
    NNW
    7
    NNW
    7
    N
    8
    N
    9
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    N
    10
    N
    10
    N
    9
    NNW
    7
    NW
    6
    NW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    12
    11
    10
    10
    12
    13
    15
    16
    16
    17
    17
    18
    17
    17
    17
    16
    18
    18
    18
    18
    17
    19
    20
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    86%
    88%
    88%
    87%
    85%
    84%
    78%
    74%
    71%
    68%
    67%
    67%
    66%
    65%
    66%
    67%
    69%
    73%
    75%
    84%
    87%
    89%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    7
    7
    8
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    7
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (14 May 2026)
    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 Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    6
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    8
    NW
    10
    NW
    11
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    16
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    18
    N
    19
    N
    20
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    19
    NNW
    19
    NW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    21
    22
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    30
    32
    33
    34
    35
    36
    37
    38
    40
    41
    42
    42
    42
    43
    43
    43
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    90%
    89%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    89%
    88%
    86%
    82%
    80%
    76%
    74%
    69%
    66%
    65%
    65%
    66%
    67%
    70%
    70%
    72%
    72%
    73%
    74%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    7
    7
    8
    8
    9
    10
    11
    14
    15
    17
    18
    19
    19
    20
    20
    20
    21
    21
    21
    21
    20
    20
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    1.1
    1.1
    1.3
    1.5
    1.6
    1.7
    1.8
    1.9
    2.0
    2.1
    2.1
    2.2
    2.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (15 May 2026)
    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 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    19
    NW
    19
    NW
    19
    NW
    20
    NW
    20
    NW
    21
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    22
    NNW
    22
    NNW
    22
    NNW
    22
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    19
    NNW
    19
    NNW
    18
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    13
    NW
    11
    NW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    43
    43
    43
    44
    45
    45
    43
    43
    43
    43
    43
    41
    40
    39
    39
    37
    36
    36
    34
    32
    31
    31
    29
    28
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    74%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    73%
    73%
    72%
    72%
    70%
    69%
    68%
    67%
    64%
    67%
    65%
    65%
    66%
    68%
    70%
    70%
    74%
    75%
    79%
    82%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    20
    20
    21
    21
    21
    22
    22
    23
    23
    22
    22
    22
    22
    21
    20
    20
    19
    18
    18
    16
    13
    11
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.2
    2.3
    2.8
    2.8
    2.9
    2.9
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.1
    3.0
    3.0
    2.9
    2.9
    2.8
    2.8
    2.7
    2.6
    2.5
    2.4
    2.4
    2.3
    2.2
    2.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (16 May 2026)
    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 Light shower night Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    10
    NW
    9
    WNW
    9
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    8
    NW
    9
    WNW
    9
    NW
    10
    NNW
    11
    NNW
    11
    N
    11
    N
    11
    N
    11
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NE
    8
    NE
    8
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    28
    28
    25
    25
    25
    22
    25
    23
    23
    21
    21
    20
    19
    19
    18
    17
    17
    15
    15
    15
    14
    14
    15
    14
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    81%
    82%
    82%
    83%
    84%
    86%
    83%
    80%
    74%
    69%
    66%
    62%
    60%
    61%
    62%
    62%
    62%
    63%
    63%
    66%
    70%
    78%
    84%
    85%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    8
    8
    7
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.1
    2.0
    2.0
    1.9
    1.9
    1.8
    1.8
    1.7
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (17 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    SW
    7
    SSW
    7
    S
    8
    SSE
    8
    SE
    8
    SE
    8
    S
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    14
    14
    16
    15
    17
    16
    14
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    86%
    87%
    90%
    84%
    72%
    73%
    76%
    77%
    93%
    UV - - 1 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    6
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    0.8
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (18 May 2026)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    6
    SSW
    6
    S
    9
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    12
    S
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    11
    17
    20
    22
    22
    20
    17
    Visibility (description)
    M
    P
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    M
    Humidity
    93%
    95%
    88%
    71%
    64%
    68%
    73%
    88%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Tuesday 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 12 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 13 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 14 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 15 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 16 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Peterhead tidal station which is 0.9 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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    Grampian weather forecast

    Headline:

    Bright spells and showers on Wednesday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Clear spells and variable cloud in the evening with a few showers in places. Largely dry but cloudy overnight with a few showers again towards morning. Patchy frost in places. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

    Wednesday:

    It will be quite cool with bright or sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. Chance of overnight frost in places. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

    Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

    Rather cold and blustery Thursday with scattered heavy showers, chance of overnight frost. A few early showers on Friday, otherwise dry with sunny spells. Mostly dry and bright Saturday.

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