Armadale Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Armadale Bay

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Surf Break: Armadale Bay

Armadale Bay on the North Coast is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the south. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the best swell direction is from the northwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around high tide. It very rarely gets crowded here.

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Overall Armadale Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Armadale Bay surf quality by season and Armadale Bay surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Armadale Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Strathy Bay	3 mi
Second closest break	Farr Bay	6 mi
Third closest break	Melvich	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Torrisdale Bay	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Sandside Bay	11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Armadale Bay:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	149 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	193 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	193 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	209 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	222 mi
Tide stations nearest to Armadale Bay:
Closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	36 mi
Second closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	36 mi
Third closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	37 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	37 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Ullapool, Scotland	60 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Armadale Bay:
Closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	99 mi
Second closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	99 mi
Third closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	122 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	122 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	136 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Armadale Bay:
Closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	20 mi
Second closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	21 mi
Third closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	37 mi
Fourth closest city location	Brora (United Kingdom)	38 mi
Fifth closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	40 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Armadale Bay is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 58 km (36 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Armadale Bay is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 81 km (50 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 104 km (65 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 113 km (70 miles) away.
• Stornoway Airport (SYY) in U.k. is the fifth nearest airport to Armadale Bay and is 137 km (85 miles) away.