Grim Ness Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Grim Ness in Orkney is an exposed break. that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Ideal winds are from the south with some shelter here from southeast winds. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the best swell direction is from the northeast.. It very rarely gets crowded here.

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Overall Grim Ness 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Grim Ness:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Gills Bay	16 mi
Second closest break	Skirza Harbour	17 mi
Third closest break	Freswick Bay	17 mi
Fourth closest break	Tang Head	17 mi
Fifth closest break	Rackwick	19 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Grim Ness:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	142 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	162 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	167 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	167 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Shetland Buoy	186 mi
Tide stations nearest to Grim Ness:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	27 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	27 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	82 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	82 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	94 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Grim Ness:
Closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	113 mi
Second closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	121 mi
Third closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	140 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	157 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	168 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Grim Ness:
Closest city location	Kirkwall (United Kingdom)	12 mi
Second closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	18 mi
Third closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	27 mi
Fourth closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	27 mi
Fifth closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	28 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Grim Ness is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 15 km (9 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Grim Ness is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 42 km (26 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 127 km (79 miles) away.
• Sumburgh Airport (LSI) in U.k. is 148 km (92 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is the fifth nearest airport to Grim Ness and is 158 km (98 miles) away.