Scotland North Coast Surf

Scotland North Coast Surf Forecast

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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	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Torrisdale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Farr 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	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Shitpipe Scot - North Coast	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	15	14	12	12	11	11	14	13	12	10	9	10
Energy	234	317	214	248	162	120	74	59	74	62	104	134	146	70	75	117	203	235	275	185	155	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 3.24		9:11PM 3.58	8:45AM 4.20		8:54PM 4.48	9:19AM 4.14		10:22PM 3.54	10:47AM 3.25		10:03PM 4.35	11:54AM 4.21		11:55PM 4.52	12:37PM 4.12		12:37AM 4.42	12:56PM 2.87	1:25PM 4.05	1:03AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)	2:07AM 1.23		3:29PM 1.69	3:30AM 0.53		3:42PM 0.63	3:18AM 1.16		3:29PM 1.32		4:43AM 0.59	5:11PM 1.94		5:43AM 1.71	5:29PM 0.88		6:22AM 1.80	6:28PM 2.19		6:47AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	7	4	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	1	1	5	1	4	8	1	3	1	1	1	4
High °C	13	13	13	12	14	17	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	10	14	13	11	12	13	11
Low °C	11	11	13	11	13	15	12	12	11	10	13	13	11	12	11	9	11	13	10	12	13	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	11	14	17	13	12	10	11	13	12	13	13	11	8	13	12	8	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	4:20	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:16	-	-	4:13	-	-	4:11	-	-	4:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:06	-	-	10:08	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:09	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	12	11	10	10	10	8	15	14	12	12	11	4	14	13	6	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.5 W	0.2 E	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	8	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	11	6	5	12	5	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	3	4	3	6	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	3	4	3

	Sat	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Torrisdale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay 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	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	336	234	297	230	317	314	214	209	217	248	136	226	162	125	120	79	78	74	72	63	59	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:17PM 3.58				8:47AM 3.24				9:11PM 3.58				8:45AM 4.20				8:54PM 4.48				9:19AM 4.14
Low Tide / height (m)			2:07AM 1.23				3:29PM 1.69				3:54AM 1.59				3:42PM 0.63	4:02PM 1.75			3:18AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	3	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	12	13	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	17	15	13	12	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	10	10	11	12	14	17	15	13	11	11	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	4:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-
Sunset	10:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	2

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Balnakiel 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	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Torrisdale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N
Period(s)	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9
Energy	117	336	336	327	219	234	259	306	297	213	223	230	291	72	317	317	314	314	277	239	214	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:50PM 4.40	8:17PM 3.58
Low Tide / height (m)								2:07AM 1.23													3:29PM 1.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	3	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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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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