Coldingham Sands panorama 2 — Coldingham Bay. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Coldingham

Coldingham is a town in Scottish Borders, United Kingdom. From Coldingham you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Coldingham Bay, a surf spot 2.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 5 of them campsites. The nearest airport is EDI, 76 km away.

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Staying in Coldingham

14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 5 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: EDI, 76 km, DND, 83 km, NCL, 99 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Coldingham.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Coldingham too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Coldingham Bay2.1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft28 kJ

3 ft81 kJ

4 ft108 kJ

1 ft12 kJ

3 ft52 kJ

2 ft30 kJ

2 ft21 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Coldingham Bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	26, too small	3 ft5 shollow	28kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	8, poor	3 ft7 smushy	81kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	33, poor	4 ft6 shollow	108kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	13°C
Thu 22Oct	13, too small	1 ft6 shollow	12kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	53, good	3 ft5 shollow	52kJ	wind from the west, 11 knots, offshore	11°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	2 ft7 shollow	30kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 19 knots, offshore	9°C
Sun 25Oct	16, too small	2 ft7 shollow	21kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 19 knots, offshore	10°C

Pease Bay12.1 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Cockburnspath, 2 kmIntermediate and up

2 ft20 kJ

4 ft106 kJ

4 ft127 kJ

2 ft17 kJ

4 ft56 kJ

2 ft26 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Pease Bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	22, too small	2 ft4 smushy	20kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	22, poor	4 ft6 smushy	106kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	49, good	4 ft6 smushy	127kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	2 ft6 smushy	17kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots, offshore	10°C
Fri 23Oct	30, poor	4 ft5 smushy	56kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots, offshore	10°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	2 ft7 smushy	26kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots, offshore	8°C
Sun 25Oct	12, too small	2 ft7 smushy	22kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 20 knots, offshore	9°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Coldingham, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Coldingham

The Heathers RestaurantAmerican · 0.4 km from the centre
Coldingham Luckenboothin the centre
Sand's Takeaway , Sands CafePizza · 0.4 km from the centre
Sands bar & grillBar and grill · 0.4 km from the centre
The Croft0.4 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Coldingham, UK