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Brimms Ness Bowl

Caithness, UK (Scotland)
🪸Sharp reef⚠️Shallow🪨Rocks😮‍💨Hold-downs🏝️Remote

Brimms Ness Bowl is one of Scotland's most fearsome waves--a thick, grinding slab that detonates over shallow reef on the remote Caithness coastline.

3-Day Forecast
Today
16
45
Fair
5.6m
@18s
24km/h
Tue
17
71
Good
3.1m
@15s
26km/h
Wed
18
25
Poor
2.4m
@12s
15km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

✨
Groomed
Clean faces from offshore winds
Swell
5.6m
WNW(285°)
Score: 2/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
24km/h
SW(217°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
7°C
0.1mm69%
Windswell Component
1.0mSW@4s
Secondary Swell
0.8mN
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

6:26 am
High tide - 1.22m
12:43 pm
Low tide - -1.47m
6:52 pm
High tide - 1.01m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

45
Fair
Components
Swell Direction2/25
Swell Size2/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score49/100
Adjustments
✨ Wind History+6
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score45/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score45
✨ Groomed

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
NNW (340°)
Direction range
300° - 360°
Size range
1.2m - 3.6m
Ideal size
3.1m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
14s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
SSW (200°)
Offshore range
160° - 250°
Best window
both

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid to high

Water temp

9°C

Wetsuit

6/5mm + boots, gloves, hood

Difficulty

9/10

Crowd level

2/10

Best Season

Peak: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar

Secondary: Apr, May, Aug

Autumn through winter

Getting There

Airport
INV
Drive time
130 min
Data quality
verified

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