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Dunnet Bay on the North Coast is an exposed beach and reef break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the southeast. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the northwest. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights and there is also a right hand reef break.. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Beware of rips and rocks.

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Overall Dunnet 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 Dunnet Bay surf quality by season and Dunnet Bay surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Scotland - North Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Dunnet Bay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Dunnet Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Point of Ness	2 mi
Second closest break	The Pole	2 mi
Third closest break	Nothing Left	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Silos	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Ham	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Dunnet Bay:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	150 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	172 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	172 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	184 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	198 mi
Tide stations nearest to Dunnet Bay:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	15 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	15 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	62 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	62 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	73 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Dunnet Bay:
Closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	98 mi
Second closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	103 mi
Third closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	124 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	135 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	147 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Dunnet Bay:
Closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	5 mi
Second closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	16 mi
Fourth closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	25 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kirkwall (United Kingdom)	30 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Dunnet Bay is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 22 km (14 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Dunnet Bay is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 47 km (29 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 100 km (62 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 125 km (78 miles) away.
• Dyce (Aberdeen) Airport (ABZ), also in U.k is the fifth nearest airport to Dunnet Bay and is 170 km (106 miles) away.