Talisker Bay (Skye) Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Inner Hebrides, UK)
Talisker Bay (Skye) Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: rarely breaks
Best: Swell SSW | Wind NE
Sea Temperature Today is: 7.4 °C
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Period (s) | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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Wind State | cross- on |
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Talisker Bay in Skye is a very sheltered beach break. Autumn and winter are the optimum times of year for waves. Offshore winds blow from the northeast with some shelter here from north winds. Waves can be ok even in light onshore winds Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the ideal swell angle is from the south southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Even when the surf is up, crowds are unknown.
Tide Times:
At Talisker Bay (Skye) (0 km).
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Talisker Bay (Skye) Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Portree, 21 km from Talisker Bay (Skye).
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Overall Talisker Bay (Skye) Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in April



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Also see Talisker Bay (Skye) surf quality by season and Talisker Bay (Skye) surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to Scot - Inner Hebrides surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Talisker Bay (Skye)
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Talisker Bay (Skye):
(click location name for more details)- Closest break41 mi
- Second closest break43 mi
- Third closest break44 mi
- Fourth closest break47 mi
- Fifth closest break48 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Talisker Bay (Skye):
- Closest wave buoy209 mi
- Second closest wave buoy219 mi
- Third closest wave buoy246 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy260 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy260 mi
Tide stations nearest to Talisker Bay (Skye):
- Closest tide station48 mi
- Second closest tide station64 mi
- Third closest tide station64 mi
- Fourth closest tide station70 mi
- Fifth closest tide station83 mi

Ski Resorts closest to Talisker Bay (Skye):
- Closest ski area63 mi
- Second closest ski area76 mi
- Third closest ski area105 mi
- Fourth closest ski area117 mi
- Fifth closest ski area121 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Talisker Bay (Skye) is Benbecula Airport (BEB) in U.k, 58 km (36 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Talisker Bay (Skye) is Tiree Airport (TRE) in U.k., 91 km (57 miles) away.
- Third is Stornoway Airport (SYY) in U.k., 104 km (65 miles) away.
- Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 147 km (91 miles) away.
- Islay Airport (ILY), also in U.k is the fifth nearest airport to Talisker Bay (Skye) and is 179 km (111 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Talisker Bay (Skye), Scot - Inner Hebrides. Use the tab navigation above to view Talisker Bay (Skye) sea temperature, Talisker Bay (Skye) photographs, Talisker Bay (Skye) detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Talisker Bay (Skye) webcams, current wind from Scot - Inner Hebrides live weather stations and Talisker Bay (Skye) tide predictions. The United Kingdom swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United Kingdom and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United Kingdom wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Talisker Bay (Skye).