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Bain's Beach

Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Bain's Beach 3 photos

  • Bains Beach, Lerwick

    Bains Beach, Lerwick. Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Bain's Beach, Commercial Street, Lerwick

    Bain's Beach, Commercial Street, Lerwick. Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Lerwick: Bains Beach

    Lerwick: Bains Beach. Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:32 pm
9 am
4.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.3
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.4
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.1
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
3.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.8
14 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.7
9 km/h6 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
7°C44°F
Water
12°C53°F
Wind
74 km/hmph S
Gusts
96 km/hmph
Waves
0.8 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:32 pm
Today
4.5Fair9 am138
4.4Fair10 am1610
4.3Fair11 am1610
4.4Fair12 pm149
4.1Fair1 pm1711
3.9Poor2 pm1610
3.8Poor3 pm149
3.7Poor4 pm138
3.7Poor5 pm96
Sat
2.5Poor9 am43
2.6Poor10 am53
2.5Poor11 am117
1.8Poor12 pm2415
1.4Poor1 pm4629
1.4Poor2 pm4025
1.5Poor3 pm4528
0.9Poor4 pm4226
1.2Poor5 pm4830
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 9 am, 0.3 m. Low at 3 pm, -0.7 m. High at 9 pm, 0.4 m. Low at 4 am, -1.1 mHigh 9 am, 0.3 m<1 ftLow 3 pm, -0.7 m2 ftHigh 9 pm, 0.4 m1 ftLow 4 am, -1.1 m4 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • High 9 am, 0.3 m<1 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.7 m2 ft
  • High 9 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 4 am, -1.1 m4 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.

  • Sun2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 75%
  • Mon2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 54 km/h33 mph, rain 41%
  • Tue1.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 68 km/h43 mph, rain 69%
  • Wed2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h30 mph, rain 51%
  • Thu4.8 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 20%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms210 m670 ft away
  • Drinking waterWithin 500 m0.3 mi
  • Parking27 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 30 m90 ft. Listed as paid
  • Food and drink26 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
200 m670 ft
Nearest town
180 m580 ftLerwick (town)
Nearest airport
7 km4 miTingwall Airport (LWK)

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

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