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St Ninian’s Bay

Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

St Ninian’s Bay 3 photos

  • Looking across to St. Ninian's Point

    Looking across to St. Ninian's Point. Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • St. Ninian's Bay

    St. Ninian's Bay. Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • St. Ninian's Bay

    St. Ninian's Bay. Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 6:00 pm
9 am
3.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Poor
10 am
2.7
10 km/h6 mph wind, Poor
11 am
2.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
2.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
2.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
2.0
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
2.2
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
2.1
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.5
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
3.1
19 km/h12 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
13°C56°F
Wind
117 km/hmph NE
Gusts
2213 km/hmph
Waves
0.1 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
37%
Sunset
6:00 pm
Today
3.0Poor9 am74
2.7Poor10 am106
2.4Poor11 am159
2.5Poor12 pm138
2.4Poor1 pm159
2.0Poor2 pm2515
2.2Poor3 pm2415
2.1Poor4 pm2515
2.5Poor5 pm2415
3.1Poor6 pm1912
Sat
1.9Poor9 am2717
1.4Poor10 am3421
1.3Poor11 am3924
0.9Poor12 pm4427
0.8Poor1 pm4830
0.9Poor2 pm4931
0.9Poor3 pm3924
0.9Poor4 pm3522
1.2Poor5 pm5433
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 10 am, <0.1 m. Low at 4 pm, -1.1 m. High at 10 pm, 0.5 m. Low at 5 am, -2.1 mHigh 10 am, <0.1 m<1 ftLow 4 pm, -1.1 m4 ftHigh 10 pm, 0.5 m2 ftLow 5 am, -2.1 m7 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • High 10 am, <0.1 m<1 ft
  • Low 4 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
  • High 10 pm, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 5 am, -2.1 m7 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 49 km/h30 mph, rain 99%
  • Mon4.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 84%
  • Tue1.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 43 km/h26 mph, rain 84%
  • Wed3.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h15 mph, rain 57%
  • Thu4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 28%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
4.9 km3 miTownhead (village)
Nearest airport
44 km27 miGlasgow Airport (GLA)

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

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