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Gills Bay Slab

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

Gills Bay Slab is one of Europe's heaviest waves--a monstrous left-hand slab that only comes alive during the most violent winter storms.

3-Day Forecast
Today
16
15
Poor
1.1m
@18s
24km/h
Tue
17
3
Poor
1.0m
@15s
27km/h
Wed
18
10
Poor
0.9m
@14s
13km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

✨
Groomed
Clean faces from offshore winds
Swell
1.1m
WSW(244°)
Score: 1/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
24km/h
SW(217°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
7°C
0.1mm76%
Windswell Component
0.7mSSW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.3mWSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:00 am
Low tide - -0.94m
7:36 am
High tide - 1.02m
1:26 pm
Low tide - -1.30m
8:02 pm
High tide - 0.81m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

15
Poor
Components
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size1/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score46/100
Adjustments
✨ Wind History+6
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-15
🚫 Undersized Capmax 15
Adjusted Score34/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score15
✨ Groomed

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
NNE (15°)
Direction range
340° - 60°
Size range
2.5m - 5m
Ideal size
4.5m
Height multiplier
1.08×
Ideal period
16s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (225°)
Offshore range
190° - 260°
Best window
both

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid to high

Water temp

9°C

Wetsuit

6/5mm + boots, gloves, hood

Difficulty

10/10

Crowd level

1/10

Best Season

Peak: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb

Secondary: Oct, Mar

Getting There

Airport
WIC
Drive time
25 min
Data quality
verified

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