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Strathy Bay on the North Coast is an exposed river break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the southwest with some shelter here from west winds. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the northwest. Waves at the river are both lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Surfing here means negotiating dangerous rips.

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Overall Strathy 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 Strathy Bay surf quality by season and Strathy Bay 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 Strathy Bay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Strathy Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Armadale Bay	3 mi
Second closest break	Melvich	3 mi
Third closest break	Farr Bay	8 mi
Fourth closest break	Sandside Bay	8 mi
Fifth closest break	Torrisdale Bay	9 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Strathy Bay:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	149 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	191 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	191 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	206 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	219 mi
Tide stations nearest to Strathy Bay:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	34 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	34 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	39 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	39 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Ullapool, Scotland	63 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Strathy Bay:
Closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	99 mi
Second closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	100 mi
Third closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	123 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	124 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	137 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Strathy Bay:
Closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	17 mi
Second closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	18 mi
Third closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	34 mi
Fourth closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	37 mi
Fifth closest city location	Brora (United Kingdom)	39 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Strathy Bay is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 54 km (34 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Strathy Bay is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 77 km (48 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 104 km (65 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 114 km (71 miles) away.
• Stornoway Airport (SYY) in U.k. is the fifth nearest airport to Strathy Bay and is 141 km (88 miles) away.