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Level 5/10

Clachtoll

Sutherland, UK (Scotland)
🌀Strong rips🪨Rocks🏝️Remote🚶Difficult access

Clachtoll is a picture-postcard pocket beach on Sutherland's wild coast, framed by ancient Lewisian gneiss.

3-Day Forecast
Today
16
19
Poor
2.0m
@18s
34km/h
Tue
17
4
Poor
0.8m
@15s
44km/h
Wed
18
11
Poor
0.8m
@15s
19km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
2.0m
NW(304°)
Score: 18/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 15/25
Wind
34km/h
SSW(210°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
7°C
0.2mm96%
Windswell Component
1.6mSW@4s
Secondary Swell
0.6mN
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

5:12 am
High tide - 1.26m
11:35 am
Low tide - -1.71m
5:43 pm
High tide - 1.14m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

19
Poor
Components
Swell Direction22/25
Swell Size18/25
Swell Period15/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score55/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score19/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score19
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
WNW (300°)
Direction range
270° - 330°
Size range
1m - 3m
Ideal size
2.4m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
SE (135°)
Offshore range
100° - 170°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid

Water temp

10°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

5/10

Crowd level

1/10

Best Season

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

Secondary: Mar-May

Getting There

Airport
INV
Drive time
150 min
Data quality
verified

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