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Sandside Bay

Caithness, UK (Scotland)
🌀Strong rips🪨Rocks🚫Pollution

Sandside Bay would be famous for its quality left-hander if it weren't for its proximity to the Dounreay nuclear facility.

3-Day Forecast
Today
16
53
Fair
5.3m
@18s
23km/h
Tue
17
63
Fair
2.8m
@15s
27km/h
Wed
18
85
Firing
2.3m
@12s
20km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

✨
Groomed
Clean faces from offshore winds
Swell
5.3m
WNW(285°)
Score: 0/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
23km/h
SSW(213°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
7°C
0.2mm64%
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

6:24 am
High tide - 1.21m
12:41 pm
Low tide - -1.47m
6:50 pm
High tide - 1.00m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

53
Fair
Components
Swell Direction12/25
Swell Size0/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score57/100
Adjustments
✨ Wind History+6
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score53/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score53
✨ Groomed

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
NW (310°)
Direction range
280° - 360°
Size range
1m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.0m
Height multiplier
0.92×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (225°)
Offshore range
180° - 260°
Best window
both

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid to high

Water temp

9°C

Wetsuit

6/5mm + boots, gloves, hood

Difficulty

6/10

Crowd level

2/10

Best Season

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

Secondary: Mar

Getting There

Airport
WIC
Drive time
35 min
Data quality
verified

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