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The Spur on the North Coast is an exposed reef break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the south southeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the northwest. There is a left hand reef break. Best around mid tide. Rarely crowded here. Take care of rocks in the line up.

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Overall The Spur 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 The Spur surf quality by season and The Spur 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 The Spur

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Spur:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Murkle Point	1 mi
Second closest break	Nothing Left	1 mi
Third closest break	Silos	1 mi
Fourth closest break	The Pole	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Thurso East	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Spur:
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	187 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	201 mi
Tide stations nearest to The Spur:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	18 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	18 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	58 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	58 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	73 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Spur:
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)	134 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	146 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Spur:
Closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	2 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)	31 mi

• The closest passenger airport to The Spur is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 27 km (17 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to The Spur is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 50 km (31 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 101 km (63 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 124 km (77 miles) away.
• Dyce (Aberdeen) Airport (ABZ), also in U.k is the fifth nearest airport to The Spur and is 173 km (107 miles) away.