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Hunterston Sands

North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:59 pm
9 am
3.2
7 km/h4 mph wind, Poor
10 am
2.7
9 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
11 am
2.2
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
2.3
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
2.3
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
2.2
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
1.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
2.0
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.3
26 km/h16 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
6°C44°F
Water
13°C56°F
Wind
74 km/hmph N
Gusts
1610 km/hmph
Waves
0.2 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
38%
Sunset
5:59 pm
Today
3.2Poor9 am74
2.7Poor10 am95
2.2Poor11 am138
2.3Poor12 pm1711
2.3Poor1 pm1610
2.2Poor2 pm1912
1.8Poor3 pm2616
2.0Poor4 pm2415
2.3Poor5 pm2616
Sat
1.9Poor9 am2516
1.3Poor10 am3019
1.2Poor11 am3321
0.8Poor12 pm3723
0.7Poor1 pm4427
0.7Poor2 pm4830
0.7Poor3 pm4327
0.7Poor4 pm3522
0.7Poor5 pm3119
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 10 am, <0.1 m. Low at 4 pm, -1.1 m. High at 10 pm, 0.6 m. Low at 5 am, -2.1 mHigh 10 am, <0.1 m<1 ftLow 4 pm, -1.1 m4 ftHigh 10 pm, 0.6 m2 ftLow 5 am, -2.1 m7 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 10 am, <0.1 m<1 ft
  • Low 4 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
  • High 10 pm, 0.6 m2 ft
  • Low 5 am, -2.1 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.

  • Sun0.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h32 mph, rain 100%
  • Mon3.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 82%
  • Tue1.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h31 mph, rain 87%
  • Wed3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 55%
  • Thu3.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 25%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
2.5 km1.6 miFairlie (village)
Nearest airport
31 km19 miGlasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK)

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

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