Check the Beach

Castle Sands

Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Castle Sands 1 photo

  • 2015-09-22-schottland-0461a

    2015-09-22-schottland-0461a. Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT, CC BY 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 8 am to 11 am, sunset 5:50 pm
8 am
4.0
1 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
9 am
3.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
10 am
2.6
9 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
11 am
2.1
20 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
2.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
1.5
23 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
1.6
21 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
1.4
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.4
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
1.1
28 km/h17 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
5°C41°F
Water
12°C53°F
Wind
32 km/hmph W
Gusts
85 km/hmph
Waves
0.2 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:50 pm
Today
4.0Fair8 am11
3.2Poor9 am85
2.6Poor10 am95
2.1Poor11 am2013
2.2Poor12 pm1811
1.5Poor1 pm2314
1.6Poor2 pm2113
1.4Poor3 pm2515
1.4Poor4 pm2415
1.1Poor5 pm2817
Sat
4.6Fair9 am138
4.4Fair10 am1610
3.6Poor11 am2113
2.7Poor12 pm2314
1.7Poor1 pm2818
1.2Poor2 pm3421
1.0Poor3 pm3723
1.3Poor4 pm3924
1.2Poor5 pm3622
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 6 am, -1.8 m. High at 1 pm, 1.4 m. Low at 7 pm, -1.8 m. High at 1 am, 1.4 mLow 6 am, -1.8 m6 ftHigh 1 pm, 1.4 m5 ftLow 7 pm, -1.8 m6 ftHigh 1 am, 1.4 m5 ftNow11 am5 pm11 pm5 am
  • Low 6 am, -1.8 m6 ft
  • High 1 pm, 1.4 m5 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -1.8 m6 ft
  • High 1 am, 1.4 m5 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 73 km/h45 mph, rain 39%
  • Mon4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 67%
  • Tue2.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 66 km/h41 mph, rain 49%
  • Wed4.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 37 km/h23 mph, rain 16%
  • Thu5.8 GoodBest 1 pm to 5 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 9%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms260 m850 ft away
  • Drinking waterWithin 500 m0.3 mi
  • Parking33 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 160 m520 ft. Fee not listed
  • Food and drink74 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • Rentals1 within 500 m0.3 mi

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
180 m580 ft
Nearest town
410 m0.3 miSt Andrews (town)
Nearest airport
6 km4 miLeuchars Station (ADX)

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

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