North Scotland · faces N

Brims Ness

Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

Three reefs on a flagstone headland, all breaking onto rock. The Bowl is a heavy, slabbing right, the Cove a shorter right, and the Point a long left at low tide that needs a north-westerly swell. It catches more swell than anywhere nearby, and is best on the incoming tide in a southerly wind. Experts only, on a shortboard or step-up. Strong rips and boils, and access is through a private farm, so be discreet.

BreakSwell windowBillia Croo wave power test site, 43km NNELatest buoy reading, Sun 18:30:6.9ft at 11.1sWNW 293°sea 13°CEvery spot on the mapMap © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Day	Surf	Swell	Wind mph
MonMonday12 Oct	2ft	3.3ft9sNW	19ggusts 27 offoffshore
TueTuesday13 Oct	1ft	3.1ft6sWNW	5–21ggusts 25 cross-offcross-offshore
WedWednesday14 Oct	2ft	4.4ft9sWNW	22ggusts 32 offoffshore
ThuThursday15 Oct	3–4ft	8.7ft10sWNW	10–17ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore
FriFriday16 Oct	3–4ft	5.9ft10sWNW	17ggusts 21 crosscross-shore
SatSaturday17 Oct	3–4ft	6.1ft10sN	17ggusts 23 cross-oncross-onshore
SunSunday18 Oct	3–4ft	3.9ft9sN	9–26 crosscross-shore
MonMonday19 Oct	2–3ft	3.7ft8sWNW	12ggusts 17 crosscross-shore
TueTuesday20 Oct	2ft	3.5ft10sWNW	3–33 crosscross-shore
WedWednesday21 Oct	2ft	3.9ft11sWNW	3–24 cross-oncross-onshore

Squares rate the day in four parts, early → evening. Stars, surf, swell and wind are for the day's best two hours in a row still to come, from the weaker of the two; each day is hour by hour below.

During the day, early → evening
Good — waves, clean surface
Fair — small or choppy
Poor — flat or blown out
Stars out of 5; faded ones are lost to the wind
Wind clean, choppy or blown out; g is gusts
Swell period 12s groundswell, 6s windswell

Monday 12 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 12.6°C

LW 03:58 −2.2m
HW 10:12 +1.6m
LW 16:14 −1.9m
HW 22:23 +1.7m
Sunrise 07:44
Sunset 18:17

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2ft	3.7ft9sNW	16ggusts 22 offoffshore	−1.1m ↑ low	10°C
fair	09:00	2ft	3.0ft9sNW	20ggusts 27 offoffshore	+1.3m ↑ high	11°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	2.3ft8sNW	18ggusts 27 offoffshore	+0.9m ↓ high	12°C
fair	15:00	1ft	1.8ft8sNNW	9–19ggusts 25 offoffshore	−1.5m ↓ low	14°C
fair	18:00	1ft	1.5ft9sN	15ggusts 23 offoffshore	−1.1m ↑ low	14°C
fair	21:00	1ft	1.3ft9sN	17–24ggusts 29 offoffshore	+1.3m ↑ high	14°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 12.6°C

LW 04:30 −1.8m
HW 10:38 +1.6m
LW 16:50 −1.8m
HW 22:55 +1.4m
Sunrise 07:46
Sunset 18:14

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	2.8ft7sWNW	16–22ggusts 28 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.2m ↑ low	13°C
poor	09:00	1ft	3.1ft6sWNW	6–22ggusts 28 crosscross-shore	+1.1m ↑ high	13°C
fair	12:00	1ft	2.9ft6sWNW	11–22ggusts 25 crosscross-shore	+1.2m ↓ high	13°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	1.8ft9sNW3.3ft4sW	15–22ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.1m ↓ low	13°C
poor	18:00	2ft	2.2ft9sNW4.8ft5sW	19–28ggusts 31 crosscross-shore	−1.5m ↑ low	11°C
poor	21:00	2–3ft	8.9ft6sW	25ggusts 34 crosscross-shore	+0.8m ↑ high	11°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 12.6°C

LW 05:05 −1.8m
HW 11:19 +1.3m
LW 17:19 −1.4m
HW 23:32 +1.6m
Sunrise 07:49
Sunset 18:12

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2ft	5.2ft9sWNW	20ggusts 29 offoffshore	−1.6m ↑ low	11°C
fair	09:00	1–2ft	4.1ft10sWNW	22ggusts 32 offoffshore	+0.5m ↑ high	12°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	3.8ft10sWNW	24–30ggusts 36 offoffshore	+1.3m ↓ high	14°C
fair	15:00	2ft	4.3ft11sWNW	27–35ggusts 40 offoffshore	−0.5m ↓ mid	15°C
fair	18:00	2–3ft	6.3ft12sWNW	19–29ggusts 41 offoffshore	−1.4m ↑ low	15°C
fair	21:00	2ft	4.7ft11sW	11–27ggusts 37 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.6m ↑ high	12°C

Waves: DWD EWAM, Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Thursday 15 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 12.5°C

LW 05:45 −1.2m
HW 11:45 +1.2m
LW 18:00 −1.3m
Sunrise 07:51
Sunset 18:09

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	3ft	8.3ft10sW	8–17ggusts 23 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.2m ↑ low	10°C
fair	09:00	3–4ft	8.7ft10sWNW	14ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.3m ↑ mid	10°C
fair	12:00	3–4ft	8.5ft10sWNW	12–18ggusts 25 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.2m ↓ high	12°C
fair	15:00	3–4ft	8.5ft10sWNW	9–18ggusts 25 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.1m ↓ mid	12°C
fair	18:00	3–4ft	8.6ft9sWNW	6–17ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.3m ↓ low	12°C
fair	21:00	3–4ft	8.5ft9sWNW	13ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.1m ↑ mid	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Friday 16 Oct

Up to 4–5ft · sea 12.5°C

HW 00:05 +0.9m
LW 06:17 −1.3m
HW 12:23 +0.6m
LW 18:42 −1.4m
Sunrise 07:53
Sunset 18:06

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	3–4ft	6.6ft9sWNW2.1ft14sNNW	14–20ggusts 21 crosscross-shore	−1.3m ↓ low	9°C
poor	09:00	3–4ft	5.9ft10sWNW3.5ft12sNNW	17ggusts 21 crosscross-shore	−0.4m ↑ mid	10°C
poor	12:00	4–5ft	5.9ft11sNW4.4ft10sNW	15–25 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.6m ↑ high	10°C
poor	15:00	4–5ft	6.2ft11sNNW4.5ft9sWNW	23ggusts 29 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.1m ↓ mid	10°C
poor	18:00	4–5ft	6.4ft10sNNW	18–25ggusts 30 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.4m ↓ low	11°C
poor	21:00	4–5ft	6.4ft10sNNW	16–25ggusts 27 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.8m ↑ mid	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Saturday 17 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 12.4°C

HW 00:56 +0.3m
LW 06:50 −1.3m
HW 13:10 +0.3m
LW 19:35 −1.3m
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 18:03

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	3–4ft	6.3ft10sN	17ggusts 23 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.2m ↓ low	11°C
poor	09:00	3–4ft	6.0ft10sN	19ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.8m ↑ low	11°C
poor	12:00	3–4ft	5.4ft10sN	21ggusts 27 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.2m ↑ high	11°C
poor	15:00	3–4ft	4.9ft9sNW3.5ft11sNW	16–22ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.0m ↓ high	11°C
poor	18:00	3–4ft	3.5ft11sN5.1ft9sWNW	11–21ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.1m ↓ low	11°C
poor	21:00	3–4ft	5.2ft8sWNW3.3ft10sN	12–19ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.1m ↑ low	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Sunday 18 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 12.4°C

HW 01:56 −0.1m
LW 07:42 −1.0m
HW 14:32 +0.2m
LW 20:57 −1.0m
Sunrise 07:58
Sunset 18:01

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	3ft	3.6ft9sN4.7ft9sWNW	11–20 crosscross-shore	−0.9m ↓ low	12°C
fair	09:00	3–4ft	3.9ft9sN4.7ft8sWNW	9–27 crosscross-shore	−0.9m ↑ low	12°C
fair	12:00	3–4ft	4.3ft9sNNW3.8ft8sNNW	6–27 crosscross-shore	−0.2m ↑ high	12°C
fair	15:00	3–4ft	4.1ft9sNNW3.7ft7sNW	2–27 crosscross-shore	+0.2m ↓ high	12°C
fair	18:00	2–3ft	4.0ft9sN3.3ft7sWNW	4–29 crosscross-shore	−0.6m ↓ mid	12°C
fair	21:00	2–3ft	3.8ft9sN3.1ft6sWNW	10–29 crosscross-shore	−1.0m ↑ low	12°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Monday 19 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 12.4°C

HW 03:27 −0.0m
LW 09:37 −0.8m
HW 15:58 +0.2m
LW 22:49 −1.0m
Sunrise 08:00
Sunset 17:58

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2–3ft	2.7ft9sN3.7ft8sWNW	8–15 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	12°C
fair	09:00	2–3ft	3.7ft8sWNW2.3ft9sN	12ggusts 17 crosscross-shore	−0.8m ↓ low	12°C
fair	12:00	2ft	3.8ft8sWNW2.2ft9sN	13ggusts 21 crosscross-shore	−0.5m ↑ mid	12°C
fair	15:00	2ft	3.7ft8sWNW2.0ft9sN	15ggusts 20 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.1m ↑ high	12°C
fair	18:00	2ft	3.6ft8sWNW1.8ft9sN	10–17ggusts 20 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.1m ↓ high	12°C
fair	21:00	2ft	3.6ft9sWNW1.6ft8sN	8–17ggusts 21 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.8m ↓ low	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 20 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 12.4°C

HW 05:02 +0.0m
LW 11:00 −0.8m
HW 17:15 +0.4m
Sunrise 08:02
Sunset 17:55

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2ft	3.5ft11sWNW1.7ft6sNNW	4–29 crosscross-shore	−0.1m ↓ high	12°C
poor	09:00	2ft	3.5ft10sWNW1.7ft6sNW	3–33 crosscross-shore	−0.6m ↓ low	11°C
poor	12:00	2ft	3.7ft9sWNW1.4ft7sN	2–29 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.7m ↑ low	11°C
poor	15:00	2ft	3.4ft9sWNW1.5ft5sNNW	4–28 crosscross-shore	+0.0m ↑ high	11°C
poor	18:00	1–2ft	3.2ft9sWNW	6–28 crosscross-shore	–	11°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	3.1ft9sWNW	7–29 crosscross-shore	–	10°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 21 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 12.4°C

Sunrise 08:05
Sunset 17:53

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2ft	4.3ft12sWNW	7–29 crosscross-shore	No tide forecast this far ahead	9°C
poor	09:00	2ft	4.1ft12sWNW	6–27 crosscross-shore		9°C
fair	12:00	2ft	3.9ft11sWNW	3–24 cross-oncross-onshore		11°C
fair	15:00	2ft	3.7ft11sWNW	1–24 crosscross-shore		11°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	3.4ft11sWNW	1–20 crosscross-shore		11°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	3.1ft10sWNW	3–16 crosscross-shore		11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM, ECMWF WAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS