Shell Beach
Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
No photo of Shell Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:44 pm4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.6
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
4.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
4.3
9 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4.1
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
3.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
3.6
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
3.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
3.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
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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°C54°F
- Wind
- 106 km/hmph S
- Gusts
- 1610 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:44 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 9 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 3 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
- High 9 pm, 0.8 m3 ft
- Low 3 am, -1.6 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.
- Sun1.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 73 km/h45 mph, rain 97%
- Mon3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 57 km/h35 mph, rain 24%
- Tue1.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 87 km/h54 mph, rain 69%
- Wed2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 66%
- Thu5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 16%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km1 miJohn o' Groats (village)
- Nearest airport
- 21 km13 miFlotta Isle Airstrip (FLH)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Ayre of Banks18 km11 mi north away4.6 Fair later
- Dunnet Sands18 km11 mi west away4.0 Fair later
- Dunnet Beach19 km12 mi west away4.0 Fair later
- The Ayre19 km12 mi north-west away4.2 Fair later
- Long Ayre19 km12 mi north away4.6 Fair later