Pathhead Sands
Scotland, United Kingdom
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:52 pm2.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
1.8
21 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
1.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
1.8
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
1.8
25 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
1.5
26 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
1.3
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
1.2
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
1.3
27 km/h17 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°C43°F
- Water
- 12°C53°F
- Wind
- 1912 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 3220 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.1 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 2%
- Sunset
- 5:52 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 1 pm, 1.5 m5 ft
- Low 7 pm, -1.9 m6 ft
- High 1 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.
- Sun2.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 56 km/h35 mph, rain 65%
- Mon5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 62%
- Tue2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h30 mph, rain 65%
- Wed4.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 11%
- Thu5.9 GoodBest 2 pm to 5 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 12%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- Restrooms410 m0.3 mi away
- Parking7 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 130 m440 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink20 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables120 m400 ft away
- Playground450 m0.3 mi away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 320 m0.2 miRavenscraig Flats
- Nearest town
- 1.2 km0.7 miKirkcaldy (town)
- Nearest airport
- 23 km14 miEdinburgh Airport (EDI)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Kinghorn Beach5.8 km3.6 mi south away2.1 Poor later
- Pettycur Beach6.5 km4.1 mi south-west away2.1 Poor later
- Pettycur Sands6.8 km4.2 mi south-west away2.1 Poor later
- Burntisland Sands7.7 km4.8 mi south-west away1.8 Poor later
- Burntisland Beach8.0 km4.9 mi south-west away1.8 Poor later