Skippingstone Beach
Ards and North Down District, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Free parking
No photo of Skippingstone Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:05 pm2.5
12 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
1.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
1.8
22 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
1.4
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
1.6
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
1.3
34 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
2.0
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
1.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
2.0
26 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
3.1
22 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Where to stay near the beach
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 8°C47°F
- Water
- 13°C56°F
- Wind
- 138 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 2616 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 100%
- Sunset
- 6:05 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 10 am, 0.3 m1 ft
- Low 3 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
- High 9 pm, 0.8 m3 ft
- Low 4 am, -2.2 m7 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 63 km/h39 mph, rain 37%
- Mon3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 55 km/h34 mph, rain 88%
- Tue3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 58 km/h36 mph, rain 49%
- Wed4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 16%
- Thu3.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 14%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- Restrooms300 m970 ft away
- Parking4 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 120 m410 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink36 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables50 m170 ft away
- Playground220 m730 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 820 m0.5 miBottom High Street
- Nearest town
- 770 m0.5 miBangor (city)
- Nearest airport
- 13 km8 miGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Brompton Bay0.5 km0.3 mi west away3.1 Poor later
- Seapark Beach9.6 km6.0 mi west away2.8 Poor later
- jordanstown beach13 km8.2 mi west away2.8 Poor later
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach14 km8.9 mi west away2.8 Poor later
- Browns bay walk21 km13 mi north away3.3 Poor later