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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.

10-Day Forecast
Today
21
14
Poor
1.5m
@8s
15km/h
Mon
22
21
Poor
0.9m
@8s
9km/h
Tue
23
16
Poor
0.5m
@8s
6km/h
Wed
24
0
Poor
0.6m
@7s
18km/h
Thu
25
3
Poor
0.7m
@7s
14km/h
Fri
26
6
Poor
0.8m
@8s
18km/h
Sat
27
25
Poor
0.9m
@6s
7km/h
Sun
28
23
Poor
0.6m
@7s
15km/h
Mon
29
12
Poor
0.4m
@8s
8km/h
Tue
30
0
Poor
0.8m
@6s
22km/h
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Today's Conditions

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Swell
1.5m
WNW(290°)
Score: 14/25
Period
8s
Short period / windswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
15km/h
W(271°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
13°C
0.0mm88%
Windswell Component
0.5mW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.1mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 10 km/h SW|PM: 15 km/h WSW
Lighter winds early (10 km/h)
Low tide at 7am (-2.0m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:04 am
High tide - 1.12m
7:36 am
Low tide - -2.01m
1:58 pm
High tide - 0.50m
7:46 pm
Low tide - -1.46m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

14
Poor
Components
Swell Direction8/25
Swell Size14/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score29/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-10
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score14/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score14
🤢 Morning Sickness
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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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