South Sands
Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
No photo of South Sands yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:29 pm4.7
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
4.9
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
4.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.4
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
4.1
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
1.9
17 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
1.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
4.0
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
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
- 8°C47°F
- Water
- 12°C53°F
- Wind
- 127 km/hmph SW
- Gusts
- 2214 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.7 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:29 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 9 am, 0.3 m1 ft
- Low 3 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
- High 9 pm, 0.5 m2 ft
- Low 3 am, -1.2 m4 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.
- Sun2.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 33 km/h20 mph, rain 78%
- Mon3.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h32 mph, rain 64%
- Tue1.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 71 km/h44 mph, rain 80%
- Wed2.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 50 km/h31 mph, rain 63%
- Thu4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 16%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 2.9 km1.8 miClivocast (village)
- Nearest airport
- 32 km20 miWhalsay Airstrip (WHS)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- West Beach2.2 km1.4 mi north-west away4.6 Fair later
- Lund Beach6.9 km4.3 mi north-west away4.6 Fair later
- Breckon Beach11 km6.6 mi north-west away4.4 Fair later
- Stabba16 km9.8 mi north away4.3 Fair later
- Smodal Ayre17 km10 mi north away4.3 Fair later