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Murkle Point on the North Coast is an exposed point break that only works once in a while. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the south. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. There is no beach break and there is a left hand point break too. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Beware of rocks and pollution.

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Overall Murkle Point 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 Murkle Point surf quality by season and Murkle Point 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 Murkle Point

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Murkle Point:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Nothing Left	1 mi
Second closest break	The Spur	1 mi
Third closest break	Silos	1 mi
Fourth closest break	The Pole	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Point of Ness	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Murkle Point:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	149 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	175 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	175 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	186 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	201 mi
Tide stations nearest to Murkle Point:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	17 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	17 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	59 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	59 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	73 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Murkle Point:
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)	146 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Murkle Point:
Closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	3 mi
Third closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	18 mi
Fourth closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	25 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kirkwall (United Kingdom)	30 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Murkle Point is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 26 km (16 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Murkle Point is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 49 km (30 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 101 km (63 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 Murkle Point and is 173 km (107 miles) away.