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Wigtown Sands

Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

No photo of Wigtown Sands yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:00 pm
9 am
1.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
10 am
1.6
22 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
11 am
1.5
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
1.4
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
1.1
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
1.4
28 km/h18 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
1.4
31 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.4
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
1.6
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
1.9
30 km/h19 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
7°C44°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
117 km/hmph N
Gusts
2214 km/hmph
Waves
0.6 m2 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
86%
Sunset
6:00 pm
Today
1.7Poor9 am2113
1.6Poor10 am2214
1.5Poor11 am2415
1.4Poor12 pm2717
1.1Poor1 pm3019
1.4Poor2 pm2818
1.4Poor3 pm3119
1.4Poor4 pm3220
1.6Poor5 pm3019
1.9Poor6 pm3019
Sat
2.5Poor9 am1912
1.3Poor10 am3220
1.1Poor11 am3522
0.7Poor12 pm4729
0.6Poor1 pm4830
0.6Poor2 pm4931
0.5Poor3 pm4729
0.7Poor4 pm4528
0.5Poor5 pm5534
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 10 am, 1.4 m. Low at 4 pm, -2.4 m. High at 10 pm, 2.3 m. Low at 4 am, -3.6 mHigh 10 am, 1.4 m5 ftLow 4 pm, -2.4 m8 ftHigh 10 pm, 2.3 m8 ftLow 4 am, -3.6 m12 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • High 10 am, 1.4 m5 ft
  • Low 4 pm, -2.4 m8 ft
  • High 10 pm, 2.3 m8 ft
  • Low 4 am, -3.6 m12 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.

  • Sun0.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 48 km/h30 mph, rain 100%
  • Mon4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 91%
  • Tue1.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 43 km/h27 mph, rain 77%
  • Wed3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 53%
  • Thu3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 60%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
2.5 km1.5 miWigtown (town)
Nearest airport
70 km43 miGlasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK)

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

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