Durness, UK
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About Durness
Durness is a town in Highland, United Kingdom. From Durness you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Sango Sands, a surf spot 0.7 km from the centre. Overture lists 12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is WIC, 97 km away.
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Staying in Durness
- 12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: WIC, 97 km, SYY, 100 km, KOI, 115 km
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Durness.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate 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 Durness 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: Expert
| Spot | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwood Bay18.2 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Kinlochbervie, 9 km | 7 ft962 kJwind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, too big | 8 ft1274 kJwind from the south-east, 10 knots, too big | 6 ft584 kJwind from the east-south-east, 6 knots, offshore, poor | 5 ft359 kJwind from the south-west, 9 knots, poor | 6 ft449 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, poor | 8 ft1082 kJwind from the north-west, 14 knots, too big | 4 ft461 kJwind from the west-south-west, 31 knots, poor |
All readings for Sandwood Bay: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Sango Sands0.7 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+ | 7 ft1234 kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots | 6 ft760 kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots | 5 ft415 kJwind from the south, 5 knots, offshore | 4 ft219 kJwind from the west-south-west, 13 knots, offshore | 4 ft277 kJwind from the east, 3 knots | 6 ft341 kJwind from the west-north-west, 12 knots | 4 ft462 kJwind from the west-south-west, 31 knots, offshore |
All readings for Sango Sands: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Durness, 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 Durness
- Sango Sands Breakfast BarBreakfast and brunch · 0.3 km from the centre
- The Durness Food SpotBreakfast and brunch · 1.3 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