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Level 4/10

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
80
Firing
1.9m
@15s
15km/h
Fri
1
58
Fair
1.4m
@12s
9km/h
Sat
2
29
Poor
1.5m
@10s
16km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.9m
WNW(289°)
Score: 22/25
Period
15s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
15km/h
SSE(168°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
16°C
0.0mm0%
Windswell Component
0.1mESE@1s
Secondary Swell
0.1mNNE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 18 km/h S|PM: 11 km/h SE
11 km/h vs 18 km/h morning
Low tide at 1pm (-2.2m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:39 am
Low tide - -2.00m
7:46 am
High tide - 1.08m
1:56 pm
Low tide - -2.22m
8:12 pm
High tide - 1.19m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

80
Firing
Components
Swell Direction8/25
Swell Size22/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score80/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score80

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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