Durness, UK

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Sango Sands. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: 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 expert 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.

Surf spots within 20 km of Durness: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Sandwood Bay18.2 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Kinlochbervie, 9 km8 ft1503 kJwind from the south, 8 knots, good7 ft1178 kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore, good6 ft738 kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots, offshore, good5 ft359 kJwind from the south-west, 10 knots, too small6 ft449 kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, fair7 ft724 kJwind from the south-south-east, 6 knots, offshore, good4 ft461 kJwind from the west-south-west, 31 knots, too small
All readings for Sandwood Bay: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Sandwood Bay, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct61, good8 ft11 ssoft1,503kJwind from the south, 8 knots12°C
Tue 20Oct72, good7 ft11 ssoft1,178kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore11°C
Wed 21Oct58, good6 ft10 ssoft738kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots, offshore10°C
Thu 22Oct25, too small5 ft8 ssoft359kJwind from the south-west, 10 knots9°C
Fri 23Oct36, fair6 ft9 ssoft449kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots8°C
Sat 24Oct54, good7 ft9 ssoft724kJwind from the south-south-east, 6 knots, offshore9°C
Sun 25Oct5, too small4 ft13 smushy461kJwind from the west-south-west, 31 knots9°C
Sango Sands0.7 kmabout 5 min by car7 ft1234 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, good6 ft818 kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots, poor5 ft415 kJwind from the south-east, 8 knots, too small4 ft219 kJwind from the west-south-west, 15 knots, offshore, too small4 ft252 kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, too small6 ft466 kJwind from the west, 8 knots, fair4 ft462 kJwind from the west-south-west, 31 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Sango Sands: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Sango Sands, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct54, good7 ft11 shollow1,234kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots12°C
Tue 20Oct30, poor6 ft11 shollow818kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots12°C
Wed 21Oct26, too small5 ft10 shollow415kJwind from the south-east, 8 knots10°C
Thu 22Oct23, too small4 ft8 shollow219kJwind from the west-south-west, 15 knots, offshore9°C
Fri 23Oct12, too small4 ft9 shollow252kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots10°C
Sat 24Oct38, fair6 ft8 shollow466kJwind from the west, 8 knots10°C
Sun 25Oct12, too small4 ft11 shollow462kJwind from the west-south-west, 31 knots, offshore10°C

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