Current weather conditions and live observations for The Pole based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in The Pole right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Weather Station	Weather	Wind	Gusts	Temp.	Visibility	Visibility / Cloud
Wick Airport 26 km SE216 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	light winds from the S.(Wind varies from 140 to 210 degs) (6 km/h at 180°)		10 °C	10.0	10.0 no cloud
Stromness 38 km NNE8 m above sea level 1 hour ago	dry	calm (0 km/h at °)		8 °C	-	- - - 0
EMEC Waverider at Billia Croo wave power test site 43 km N3 m above sea level 2 hours ago		- (- km/h at -°)		- °C	-	-
Kirkwall Airport 49 km NE220 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	light winds from the S (15 km/h at 170°)		9 °C	10.0	10.0 no cloud
Altnaharra NO 2 70 km SW81 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	wind obs. (15 kph from 240 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		15.4 °C	23	23 -
Moray Firth WaveNet Site 71 km S3 m above sea level 2 hours ago		- (- km/h at -°)		- °C	-	-
Tain Range 93 km S188 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	calm (4 km/h at 200°)		8 °C	10.0	10.0 no cloud - -
Edderton wx 96 km S23 m above sea level 45 minutes ago	dry	calm (2 km/h at 259°)		7 °C	-	- - - 0
Lossiemouth RAF Airport 99 km S217 m above sea level 3 hours ago	-	light winds from the S (11 km/h at 170°)		Q1005 °C	0.0	0.0
Lochinver 104 km SW79 m above sea level 47 minutes ago	dry	calm (3 km/h at 135°)		10 °C	-	- - - 0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to The Pole and within an acceptable time window.