Check the Beach

Dunnet Sands

Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dunnet Sands 3 photos

  • Dunnet Beach

    Dunnet Beach. Mary Rodgers, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Dunnet Bay

    Dunnet Bay. Paul E Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Dunnet Beach

    Dunnet Beach. David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:46 pm
9 am
4.0
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
11 am
3.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
3.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.0
1 km/h1 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
2.7
3 km/h2 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.4
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
3°C37°F
Water
12°C54°F
Wind
106 km/hmph SSE
Gusts
1610 km/hmph
Waves
1.5 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:46 pm
Today
4.0Fair9 am106
4.0Fair10 am53
3.9Poor11 am53
3.7Poor12 pm53
3.6Poor1 pm53
3.3Poor2 pm53
3.0Poor3 pm11
2.7Poor4 pm32
2.4Poor5 pm53
Sat
3.7Poor9 am149
3.5Poor10 am1610
3.1Poor11 am2113
2.3Poor12 pm2918
2.0Poor1 pm3421
1.3Poor2 pm4025
0.5Poor3 pm4528
0.4Poor4 pm4930
0.5Poor5 pm4830
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 1 pm, -1.3 m. High at 7 pm, 1.1 m. Low at 2 am, -1.9 mLow 1 pm, -1.3 m4 ftHigh 7 pm, 1.1 m3 ftLow 2 am, -1.9 m6 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • Low 1 pm, -1.3 m4 ft
  • High 7 pm, 1.1 m3 ft
  • Low 2 am, -1.9 m6 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.

  • Sun0.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 74 km/h46 mph, rain 93%
  • Mon2.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 46 km/h29 mph, rain 30%
  • Tue1.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 76 km/h47 mph, rain 70%
  • Wed2.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 52%
  • Thu5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 12%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
1.7 km1.1 miDunnet (village)
Nearest airport
22 km14 miWick Airport (WIC)

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

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