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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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Balnakiel Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sinclair's Bay Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Strathy Bay Scot - North Coast	Gills Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Farr Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Sinclair's Bay Scot - East 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	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.9 ESE	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	3.0 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	13	7	11	11	10	10	7	9	10	10	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	101	68	92	112	74	114	95	75	46	178	311	734	511	226	180	937	115	98	74	59	55	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:39PM 2.18		6:22AM 2.17	5:24PM 3.79		6:07AM 3.74	6:12PM 4.09		7:12AM 3.19	6:50PM 4.41	7:20PM 3.54	7:49AM 3.47		8:15PM 3.83	12:02PM 3.32		9:16PM 5.14	9:19AM 3.87		9:24PM 4.26	10:02AM 3.92
Low Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 2.50	12:29PM 1.18		11:59PM 1.97	12:17PM 1.93		1:03AM 0.86			1:42AM 0.48		1:52PM 0.59	2:37AM 0.13	5:41AM 0.56	3:12PM 1.43	3:35AM 0.96		3:47PM 1.26	3:50AM -0.29		3:53PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	14	16	16	12	15	17	14	17	17	15	16	15	13	17	19	16	20	14
Low °C	14	13	14	14	12	14	15	10	13	15	12	15	15	13	15	15	12	15	18	15	17	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	14	13	16	15	10	14	16	12	16	16	14	14	12	10	17	19	15	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	8:17	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 ESE	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	7	11	11	10	10	7	9	10	10	9	9	11	10	6	5	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.3 SE	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	5	10	15	13	8	9	4	8	6	9	7	7	6	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	1.0 W	0.9 W	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	3	5	-	5	5	-	5	-	3	2	3	8	3	3	-	3	2	4

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay 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	Oldshoremore Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sinclair's Bay Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Torrisdale Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.3 ESE	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.2 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	203	123	202	68	72	63	72	72	112	150	202	177	215	144	270	106	98	310	50	75	52	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 3.82				5:10AM 3.47				5:24PM 3.79				6:48AM 2.90	9:57AM 2.74				7:23PM 4.30
Low Tide / height (m)				10:45PM 2.28				11:38AM 1.45				12:18AM 1.23					1:17PM 2.26				1:29AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	16	16	15	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	13	16	16	14	12	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.3 ESE	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	12	12	11	11	9	5	5	7	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.1 NE	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	10	10	5	4	15	14	13	12	9	8	8	8	5	11	11	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	3	-	-	10	5	5	5	10

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Sandwood Bay 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	Oldshoremore Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Sango Bay Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Sinclair's Bay Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Torrisdale Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 W	0.9 SE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	136	99	146	76	75	73	73	231	195	113	3	3	3	86	56	70	68	65	68	64	62	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:18PM 3.56
Low Tide / height (m)										10:45PM 2.28	11:08PM 1.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	12	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	14	12	13	12	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 SE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	9	6	9	9	9	8	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	5	9	5	5	5	5	10	10	-	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	6	6	5	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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