Check the Beach

Mae Sand

Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mae Sand 2 photos

  • Mae Sands

    Mae Sands. Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Rocks at Mae Sands

    Rocks at Mae Sands. Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:42 pm
9 am
4.3
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
10 am
3.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
11 am
3.8
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.8
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
3.8
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.5
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.5
1 km/h1 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
10°C49°F
Water
12°C54°F
Wind
1610 km/hmph SSE
Gusts
2415 km/hmph
Waves
1.3 m4 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:42 pm
Today
4.3Fair9 am1711
3.8Poor10 am1811
3.8Poor11 am1711
3.8Poor12 pm1711
3.8Poor1 pm1711
3.8Poor2 pm85
3.5Poor3 pm117
3.2Poor4 pm85
2.5Poor5 pm11
Sat
3.7Poor9 am1711
3.4Poor10 am2214
3.0Poor11 am2817
2.6Poor12 pm3824
2.6Poor1 pm4628
2.1Poor2 pm5232
1.4Poor3 pm6037
0.8Poor4 pm6540
0.6Poor5 pm6641
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 1 pm, -1.2 m. High at 7 pm, 0.8 m. Low at 2 am, -1.7 mLow 1 pm, -1.2 m4 ftHigh 7 pm, 0.8 m3 ftLow 2 am, -1.7 m6 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • Low 1 pm, -1.2 m4 ft
  • High 7 pm, 0.8 m3 ft
  • Low 2 am, -1.7 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.

  • Sun1.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 67 km/h42 mph, rain 88%
  • Mon2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 62 km/h38 mph, rain 23%
  • Tue1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 87 km/h54 mph, rain 67%
  • Wed1.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 77%
  • Thu5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 21%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
1.7 km1 miMidbea (village)
Nearest airport
9 km6 miWestray Airport (WRY)

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

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