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Gills Bay on the North Coast is a reasonably exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Ideal winds are from the southwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Surfable at all stages of the tide. Watch out for dangerous rips.

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

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Gills Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Tang Head	3 mi
Second closest break	Skarfskerry	4 mi
Third closest break	Freswick Bay	5 mi
Fourth closest break	Skirza Harbour	5 mi
Fifth closest break	Ham	6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Gills Bay:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	150 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	168 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	168 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	177 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	192 mi
Tide stations nearest to Gills Bay:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	14 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	14 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	69 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	69 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	78 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Gills Bay:
Closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	99 mi
Second closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	106 mi
Third closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	127 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	141 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	152 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Gills Bay:
Closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	12 mi
Second closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	13 mi
Third closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	15 mi
Fourth closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	23 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kirkwall (United Kingdom)	24 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Gills Bay is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 21 km (13 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Gills Bay is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 38 km (24 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 105 km (65 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 133 km (83 miles) away.
• Dyce (Aberdeen) Airport (ABZ), also in U.k is the fifth nearest airport to Gills Bay and is 170 km (106 miles) away.