Scotland North Coast Surf

Detailed Scotland North Coast surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Scotland North Coast. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Scotland North Coast. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Scotland North Coast over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Scotland North Coast and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Scotland North Coast Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Scotland North Coast Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Scotland North Coast coastline are also listed below.

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Scotland North Coast Wavefinder

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	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	0	0	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.9 N	0.9 W	0.8 N	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	16	15	13	13	14	12	13	13	12	10	10	9	17	17	16	14	13	18	16	16
Energy(?)	788	1092	4516	5259	2265	1747	1584	1019	779	357	262	236	295	212	838	2076	2264	926	719	2086	3156	1883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 3.84	5:52AM 4.76		6:01PM 5.05	6:30AM 4.99		6:43PM 5.21	8:29AM 5.24		8:40PM 3.39	9:10AM 5.22		8:15PM 5.13	8:34AM 5.06		9:36PM 3.85	10:38AM 4.90	1:37PM 3.47	11:20PM 2.79	10:22AM 4.61
Low Tide / height (m)		12:33AM 0.02		12:07PM 0.94	12:29AM 0.48		12:48PM 0.71	1:10AM 0.40		2:41PM 1.05		3:03AM 0.92	2:15PM 0.65	2:35AM 0.73		3:32PM -0.00		4:31AM 1.47			4:07AM 1.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	2	-	-	2	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	12	11	11
Low °C	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	10	11	12	11	10	11	9	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	13	8	11	11	12	10	10	9	8	10	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	4:25	-	-	4:17	-	-	4:14	-	-	4:15	-	-	4:16	-	-	4:10	-	-	4:12	-	-	4:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 W	0.8 N	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	16	15	13	13	14	12	13	13	10	10	10	9	17	17	16	14	13	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 W	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 N	0.7 W	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.3 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	18	10	10	11	10	10	15	8	9	12	11	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 S	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	5	6	-	3	3	4	4	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Nothing Left Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Ackergill Scot - East Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney
Rating	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	0.2 W	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	7	7	8	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1020	821	785	1092	1345	1738	5778	6163	5417	4639	3684	2865	1875	1525	1297	1489	1580	1335	34	1004	621	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:52AM 4.76					7:09PM 3.29				6:30AM 4.99
Low Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 1.67			11:49PM 0.70					1:17PM 1.38				12:29AM 0.48				1:16PM 0.07				1:10AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	1	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	8	6	7	7	8	10	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	8	9	9	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	0.7 SE	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 W
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	18	16	11	11	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	8	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.9 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	11	20	18	11	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	14	8	8	14	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	4	3	7	7	8	8	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	4

	Monday 03											Tuesday 04
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Nothing Left Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Ackergill Scot - East Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney
Rating	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.1 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	7	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	10	18	16	15	10
Energy(?)	963	1131	788	788	731	731	731	794	549	607	702	687	1177	1277	1345	1936	2175	1537	22	5449	5778	3988
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						5:20PM 4.78														7:06AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 1.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	6	7	7	7	9	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.3 NNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 SE	3.0 W	0.3 NNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	11	18	18	17	17	17	9	16	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.3 SE	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	12	12	12	20	10	10	8	8	18	11	11	11	11	8	10	8	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.6 SSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	9	9	10	4	10	15	10

Scotland North Coast Surf Breaks

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Scotland's north coast has now become world renowned for thick chunky waves which can scare even the most accomplished surfers. From beach beaks to mind blowing slabs the north coast has it all, just don't forget the winter wettie as it gets cold up there. But at least you won't be fighting the crowds with plenty of breaks to go around for the few who venture up. A good word of advice is 'Prepare', the north coast of Scotland is one of the least populated places in Europe and specializes in spooky reef and slab breaks. Scotland isn't a budget traveling destination so only has nice Inns and Hotels to accommodate visitors. Extreme weather is renowned so keep an eye on the forecast. If the swell is flat then there are plenty castles and wildlife reserves to wander and explore.

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