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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
30
5
Poor
4.7m
@16s
41km/h
Tue
31
44
Poor
3.4m
@15s
21km/h
Wed
1
18
Poor
2.3m
@12s
23km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
4.7m
WNW(287°)
Score: 6/25
Period
16s
Long period groundswell
Score: 24/25
Wind
41km/h
WNW(284°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
6°C
0.2mm72%
Windswell Component
4.7mWNW@8s
Secondary Swell
0.8mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 40 km/h WNW|PM: 37 km/h WNW
Similar wind — morning has better tide for this spot
High tide at 7am (1.3m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:00 am
Low tide - -1.33m
7:07 am
High tide - 1.28m
1:28 pm
Low tide - -2.10m
7:45 pm
High tide - 0.82m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

5
Poor
Components
Swell Direction2/25
Swell Size6/25
Swell Period24/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score32/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-7
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score5/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score5
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

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°

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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