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Sandi Sand

Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

No photo of Sandi Sand yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:42 pm
9 am
4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.5
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
3.5
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.3
17 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.2
6 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
9°C47°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
1610 km/hmph SSE
Gusts
2717 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:42 pm
Today
4.5Fair9 am1610
4.4Fair10 am1610
4.5Fair11 am149
4.3Fair12 pm159
4.2Fair1 pm85
4.0Fair2 pm138
3.5Poor3 pm1711
3.3Poor4 pm1710
3.2Poor5 pm64
Sat
4.6Fair9 am128
4.4Fair10 am1710
3.9Poor11 am2214
3.0Poor12 pm3019
2.9Poor1 pm4025
2.2Poor2 pm4629
1.5Poor3 pm5333
0.7Poor4 pm5735
0.6Poor5 pm6138
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 10 am, 0.6 m. Low at 3 pm, -0.9 m. High at 10 pm, 0.7 m. Low at 4 am, -1.5 mHigh 10 am, 0.6 m2 ftLow 3 pm, -0.9 m3 ftHigh 10 pm, 0.7 m2 ftLow 4 am, -1.5 m5 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 10 am, 0.6 m2 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
  • High 10 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.

  • Sun2.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 58 km/h36 mph, rain 93%
  • Mon4.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h30 mph, rain 26%
  • Tue1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 90 km/h56 mph, rain 70%
  • Wed2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 41 km/h25 mph, rain 67%
  • Thu5.5 GoodBest 1 pm to 2 pmWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 20%

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 miToab (village)
Nearest airport
8 km5 miKirkwall Airport (KOI)

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

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