Check the Beach

Ness

Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ness 1 photo

  • Sandy Geo on Ness of Ork

    Sandy Geo on Ness of Ork. Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:42 pm
9 am
4.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.6
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.5
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
3.8
2 km/h1 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.5
4 km/h2 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.2
7 km/h4 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°C42°F
Water
12°C54°F
Wind
106 km/hmph S
Gusts
149 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:42 pm
Today
4.7Fair9 am117
4.7Fair10 am117
4.6Fair11 am127
4.5Fair12 pm128
4.1Fair1 pm1610
4.1Fair2 pm96
3.8Poor3 pm21
3.5Poor4 pm42
3.2Poor5 pm74
Sat
4.6Fair9 am96
4.5Fair10 am159
4.0Fair11 am2314
3.1Poor12 pm3019
3.0Poor1 pm3522
2.3Poor2 pm4125
1.5Poor3 pm4729
0.7Poor4 pm5232
0.7Poor5 pm5736
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 9 am, 0.6 m. Low at 3 pm, -1.0 m. High at 9 pm, 0.7 m. Low at 4 am, -1.5 mHigh 9 am, 0.6 m2 ftLow 3 pm, -1.0 m3 ftHigh 9 pm, 0.7 m2 ftLow 4 am, -1.5 m5 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 9 am, 0.6 m2 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -1.0 m3 ft
  • High 9 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
  • Low 4 am, -1.5 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.

  • Sun2.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 64 km/h40 mph, rain 93%
  • Mon3.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 56 km/h35 mph, rain 26%
  • Tue2.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 88 km/h55 mph, rain 70%
  • Wed2.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 41 km/h25 mph, rain 67%
  • Thu5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 20%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 70 m210 ft. Listed as free
  • Picnic tables20 m50 ft away

Getting there

Nearest town
8.2 km5.1 miBalfour (village)
Nearest airport
12 km7 miEday Airport (EOI)

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

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