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Torrisdale Bay

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

Torrisdale Bay is one of Scotland's most remote and beautiful surf spots--a wide sandy bay where the Naver river creates sandbars.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
0
Poor
4.9m
@16s
35km/h
Tue
31
14
Poor
3.2m
@15s
22km/h
Wed
1
22
Poor
2.3m
@12s
24km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
4.9m
WNW(288°)
Score: 0/25
Period
16s
Long period groundswell
Score: 22/25
Wind
35km/h
WNW(283°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
5°C
0.1mm81%
Windswell Component
4.7mWNW@8s
Secondary Swell
0.8mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 38 km/h WNW|PM: 34 km/h WNW
Similar wind — afternoon has better tide for this spot
Low tide at 1pm (-2.2m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

12:48 am
Low tide - -1.38m
6:53 am
High tide - 1.29m
1:15 pm
Low tide - -2.17m
7:30 pm
High tide - 0.83m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction8/25
Swell Size0/25
Swell Period22/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score30/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
NNW (340°)
Direction range
310° - 45°
Size range
0.9m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.0m
Height multiplier
0.92×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
S (180°)
Offshore range
135° - 225°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

10°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

4/10

Crowd level

1/10

Best Season

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

Secondary: Apr, May, Sep

Getting There

Airport
WIC
Drive time
75 min
Data quality
verified

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