Tonnr6200046
Buoy 77 km away
- Waves
- 0.8 m
- Period
- 17 s
- Direction
- ENE
Measured 4 hr. ago
Gills Bay
Right now
Right now the waves are 1.2 m, with a period of 12 s, from NW, the wind is 7 kn, from W, Cross-offshore, and the tide is rising, high water at 03:15 PM.
What fits this spot: the swell's direction, the wind, and the tide. What does not: the size.
About this break
- BreakPoint break
- WaveLeft
- BottomBoulders
- LevelAdvanced
- BoardsShortboard, Fish, Longboard, Bodyboard
- Best seasonAutumn, Winter
- Best tideLow, Low to mid, Mid, Mid to high, High
- Best swell fromNNWNNW
- Best wind fromSW
- Offshore wind fromSW
- Size it works at1.2–5.5 m
The sea now
Wick Arpt
Wind station 22 km away
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- –
- Direction
- WCross-offshore
Measured 26 min. ago
Next tides
- High tide16 Fri 03:15 PM3 m
- Low tide16 Fri 09:15 PM1.2 m
- High tide17 Sat 03:45 AM2.8 m
- Low tide17 Sat 09:17 AM1.5 m
- High tide17 Sat 03:59 PM2.8 m
- Low tide17 Sat 10:07 PM1.4 m
The week
| 7 days | Biggest wave | Wind at noon |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Fri | 1.4 m13 sNW | 12 knWNW |
| 17 Sat | 1 m13 sNW | 9 knW |
| 18 Sun | 0.8 m13 sNW | 5 knS |
| 19 Mon | 1.5 m15 sNW | 10 knSSE |
| 20 Tue | 1.5 m15 sNW | 17 knSSE |
| 21 Wed | 1.3 m8 sENE | 11 knS |
| 22 Thu | 1.8 m10 sESE | 21 knSSE |
Forecast fetched 2 hr. ago. The map has a fresher one.
Nearby spots
- HamPoint break, Flat rock shelf8 km away
- Freswick BayBeach break, Sand, Flat rock shelf9 km away
- SkirzaPoint break, Flat rock shelf9 km away
- Dunnet BayBeach break, Sand11 km away
- Point of NessPoint break, Flat rock shelf12 km away
- Castlehill to MurkleConsistent peak, Flat rock shelf14 km away
- KeissConsistent peak, Flat rock shelf14 km away
- Murkle PointPoint break, Flat rock shelf16 km away
Sources
- Waves: Centre for Environment- Fisheries and Aquaculture Science- Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS);Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00043 (copernicus-marine)
- Wind: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (public-domain)
- Tides: TICON-4 (cc-by-4.0)
- Forecast: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0, Credit asked by Open-Meteo: German Weather Service DWD, Wave forecast from the Met Office, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, Wave forecast from Météo-France, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Weather forecast from NOAA (cc-by-4.0)This ECMWF data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ECMWF does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.