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Saviskaill beach (Nousty Sand)

Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Saviskaill beach (Nousty Sand) 2 photos

  • Nousty Sand

    Nousty Sand. Leo, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Nousty Sand

    Nousty Sand. Mike Shields, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:43 pm
9 am
5.1
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.0
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.0
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
3.7
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.4
4 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.0
2 km/h1 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.7
9 km/h6 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
12°C54°F
Wind
127 km/hmph SSE
Gusts
2113 km/hmph
Waves
1.5 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:43 pm
Today
5.1Fair9 am127
4.1Fair10 am117
4.0Fair11 am106
4.0Fair12 pm74
4.0Fair1 pm85
3.7Poor2 pm85
3.4Poor3 pm43
3.0Poor4 pm21
2.7Poor5 pm96
Sat
3.8Poor9 am117
3.7Poor10 am149
3.4Poor11 am1912
2.7Poor12 pm2616
2.4Poor1 pm3119
1.9Poor2 pm3522
1.3Poor3 pm4025
0.5Poor4 pm4326
0.6Poor5 pm4930
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, 1.0 m. Low at 1 am, -1.8 mLow 1 pm, -1.2 m4 ftHigh 7 pm, 1.0 m3 ftLow 1 am, -1.8 m6 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • Low 1 pm, -1.2 m4 ft
  • High 7 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
  • Low 1 am, -1.8 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.

  • Sun1.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 59 km/h37 mph, rain 88%
  • Mon2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 53 km/h33 mph, rain 23%
  • Tue1.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 83 km/h51 mph, rain 67%
  • Wed1.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 37 km/h23 mph, rain 77%
  • Thu4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 21%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 60 m200 ft. Listed as free
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
6.7 km4.2 miThe Brinian (village)
Nearest airport
16 km10 miEday Airport (EOI)

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

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