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Abertay Sands

Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

No photo of Abertay Sands yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 8 am to 11 am, sunset 5:49 pm
Now
4.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
9 am
3.5
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
10 am
2.9
23 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
11 am
1.9
21 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
1.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
1.7
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
1.2
29 km/h18 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
1.2
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.1
31 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
1.1
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
9°C48°F
Water
12°C53°F
Wind
149 km/hmph NNE
Gusts
1912 km/hmph
Waves
0.4 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
13%
Sunset
5:49 pm
Today
4.0FairNow149
3.5Poor9 am1912
2.9Poor10 am2314
1.9Poor11 am2113
1.7Poor12 pm2012
1.7Poor1 pm2717
1.2Poor2 pm2918
1.2Poor3 pm3019
1.1Poor4 pm3119
1.1Poor5 pm3220
Sat
4.6Fair9 am138
4.3Fair10 am1711
3.2Poor11 am2515
2.0Poor12 pm3421
1.5Poor1 pm4025
1.3Poor2 pm5433
1.1Poor3 pm5836
0.9Poor4 pm5836
1.0Poor5 pm5333
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 pm, 1.4 m. Low at 7 pm, -1.8 m. High at 1 am, 1.4 m. Low at 7 am, -2.3 mHigh 1 pm, 1.4 m4 ftLow 7 pm, -1.8 m6 ftHigh 1 am, 1.4 m5 ftLow 7 am, -2.3 m8 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 1 pm, 1.4 m4 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -1.8 m6 ft
  • High 1 am, 1.4 m5 ft
  • Low 7 am, -2.3 m8 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.

  • Sun3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 83 km/h52 mph, rain 61%
  • Mon3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 59%
  • Tue2.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 75 km/h46 mph, rain 55%
  • Wed4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 4%
  • Thu5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h15 mph, rain 11%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
5 km3.1 miMonifieth (town)
Nearest airport
9 km6 miLeuchars Station (ADX)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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