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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	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Ackergill Scot - East Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	3	0	0	6	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	8	16	15	13	13	15	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	18	17	16	14	13	17	16
Energy(?)	1116	1009	1028	4516	4827	2411	1920	25	1043	687	472	357	348	250	293	892	2415	1627	910	1190	2775	2254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 4.78		5:52AM 4.76		6:49PM 4.07	7:49AM 5.16		6:43PM 5.21	7:08AM 5.12		8:44PM 5.27	9:10AM 5.22		9:31PM 5.14	9:52AM 5.10		10:22PM 4.89	9:24AM 4.87		10:32PM 3.51	10:46AM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)			11:49PM 0.70		1:17PM 1.38	1:16AM -0.16		12:48PM 0.71	1:10AM 0.40		1:31PM 0.61		3:03AM 0.92	3:25PM 1.04		3:46AM 1.14	4:11PM 1.14		3:19AM 1.09	4:23PM 0.21		4:42AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	13	12	11	10	11	10	11
Low °C	11	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	9	11	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	11	12	12	13	10	13	11	9	8	9	8	9
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	4:25	-	-	4:17	-	-	4:14	-	-	4:09	-	-	4:16	-	-	4:10	-	-	4:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.3 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.8 SE	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	10	11	16	15	13	13	8	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	18	17	16	14	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	12	11	18	10	10	11	11	15	9	8	10	12	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.8 W	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Beach Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2300	1142	1032	1096	928	821	548	1028	1233	1604	3636	4649	5040	4292	3431	2699	2325	1859	1445	2059	1728	1529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 4.47					6:32PM 4.94			5:52AM 4.76					7:15PM 5.16				6:30AM 4.99
Low Tide / height (m)				11:27AM 1.25	12:35PM 1.67			11:49PM 0.70					1:17PM 1.38				1:39AM 0.90				1:16PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	7	9	9	11	11	11	8	6	7	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	18	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	6	11	11	7	11	10	18	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	3	3	6	7	4	3	4	8	8	8	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Monday 03
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Beach Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Polin Beach Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2900	1911	1759	1481	1820	1621	1355	1091	1032	1012	990	820	963	1038	1118	911	887	773	470	1381	1385	1476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							6:29AM 4.74
Low Tide / height (m)													12:35PM 1.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	5	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	10	9	9	10	12	11	12	10	11	11	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 N	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	-	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	7	10	10	12	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	10	10	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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