Secret spot?We can hide it! Gills Bay Surf Forecast / Scotland – North Coast / UK2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 12 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012Gills Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 181 | 173 | 249 | 125 | 92 | 66 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 109 | 138 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 214 | 403 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross- on |
cross | cross | on | cross- on |
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cross | cross- off |
off | cross- off |
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cross | cross | cross | glass | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Gills Bay blow from the SW
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High Tide / height (m) |
11:53AM 3.45 |
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12:11AM 3.52 |
12:46PM 3.49 |
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12:58AM 3.58 |
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1:37PM 3.45 |
1:45AM 3.57 |
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2:27PM 3.34 |
2:31AM 3.50 |
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3:17PM 3.17 |
3:17AM 3.38 |
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4:07PM 2.98 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
5:29AM 0.52 |
5:52PM 0.52 |
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6:19AM 0.38 |
6:40PM 0.56 |
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7:09AM 0.32 |
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7:27PM 0.66 |
7:59AM 0.34 |
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8:12PM 0.80 |
8:49AM 0.43 |
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8:57PM 0.95 |
9:39AM 0.58 |
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9:44PM 1.11 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Wick, Scotland which is 23 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Gills Bay. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Gills Bay sea temperature is 10.4 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 10.0 max: 11.4 min: 9.0 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Tue night). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu morning, strong winds from the ESE by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | mod rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| High °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Low °C | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 4:09 | - | - | 4:09 | - | - | 4:07 | - | - | 4:07 | - | - | 4:05 | - | - | 4:05 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 22:12 | - | - | 22:13 | - | - | 22:15 | - | - | 22:15 | - | - | 22:16 | - | - | 22:17 | - | ||||||
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The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Gills Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
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Information about the Gills Bay Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Gills Bay provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Gills Bay can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Gills Bay surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Gills Bay) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Gills Bay may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Are you planning a holiday in North Coast? If you are looking for accommodation near Gills Bay, camping, hotels and holiday cottages in North Coast, consider staying in Scrabster which is 22 km (14 miles) away. Other places in and around North Coast where you can find information about places to rent, and car hire include Wick which is 24 km (15 miles) away and Kirkwall, 40 km (25 miles) away.
