Sangomore beach — 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 beginners: 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 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 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: Intermediate Expert

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Sandwood Bay18.2 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Kinlochbervie, 9 kmIntermediate and up

7 ft962 kJ

8 ft1274 kJ

6 ft584 kJ

5 ft359 kJ

6 ft449 kJ

8 ft1082 kJ

4 ft461 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sandwood Bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 ssoft	962kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 11 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 ssoft	1,274kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	20, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	584kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots, offshore	10°C
Thu 22Oct	28, poor	5 ft8 ssoft	359kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots	9°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	6 ft9 ssoft	449kJ	wind from the north-east, 4 knots	8°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 smushy	1,082kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 8 knots	9°C
Sun 25Oct	12, poor	4 ft13 smushy	461kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 31 knots	9°C

Sango Sands0.7 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

7 ft1234 kJ

6 ft818 kJ

5 ft415 kJ

4 ft219 kJ

4 ft252 kJ

6 ft466 kJ

4 ft462 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Sango Sands, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	54, good	7 ft11 shollow	1,234kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	30, poor	6 ft11 shollow	818kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	26, too small	5 ft10 shollow	415kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	10°C
Thu 22Oct	23, too small	4 ft8 shollow	219kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots, offshore	9°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	4 ft9 shollow	252kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	10°C
Sat 24Oct	38, fair	6 ft8 shollow	466kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots	10°C
Sun 25Oct	12, too small	4 ft11 shollow	462kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 31 knots, offshore	10°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

Durness, UK