Farr Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Farr Bay

Farr Bay on the North Coast is an exposed beach break that usually has waves and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the southeast. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the ideal swell angle is from the northwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Surfing here means negotiating dangerous rips.

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

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Farr Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Torrisdale Bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Armadale Bay	6 mi
Third closest break	Kyle of Tongue	7 mi
Fourth closest break	Strathy Bay	8 mi
Fifth closest break	Melvich	11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Farr Bay:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	150 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	197 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	197 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	215 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	226 mi
Tide stations nearest to Farr Bay:
Closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	30 mi
Second closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	30 mi
Third closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	42 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	42 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Ullapool, Scotland	56 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Farr Bay:
Closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	99 mi
Second closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	99 mi
Third closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	120 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	122 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	134 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Farr Bay:
Closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	25 mi
Second closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	26 mi
Third closest city location	Brora (United Kingdom)	38 mi
Fourth closest city location	Golspie (United Kingdom)	40 mi
Fifth closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	41 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Farr Bay is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 66 km (41 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Farr Bay is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 89 km (55 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 106 km (66 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 111 km (69 miles) away.
• Stornoway Airport (SYY) in U.k. is the fifth nearest airport to Farr Bay and is 128 km (80 miles) away.