Scotland Fife Kingsbarns 20070725 0154 — Kingsbarns, the nearest town. Photo: S.Möller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Kingsbarns

Kingsbarns is a town in Fife, United Kingdom. From Kingsbarns you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Kingsbarns, a surf spot 0.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 7 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is DND, 28 km away.

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Staying in Kingsbarns

7 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: DND, 28 km, EDI, 59 km, ABZ, 104 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 Kingsbarns.

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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 Kingsbarns 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

Mon 19

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St Andrews East Sands8.6 kmabout 15 min by carStays in St Andrews, 1 km

2 ft17 kJ

3 ft39 kJ

5 ft151 kJ

2 ft16 kJ

3 ft39 kJ

2 ft31 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at St Andrews East Sands, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	44, fair	2 ft5 smushy	17kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	10, poor	3 ft5 smushy	39kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	5 ft6 smushy	151kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	39, fair	2 ft6 smushy	16kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	25, poor	3 ft5 smushy	39kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	46, fair	2 ft7 smushy	31kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	32, too small	2 ft7 smushy	20kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 18 knots, offshore	11°C

Kingsbarns0.1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft10 kJ

4 ft132 kJ

6 ft241 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

4 ft62 kJ

2 ft44 kJ

2 ft26 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Kingsbarns, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	21, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	10, poor	4 ft6 smushy	132kJ	wind from the south-east, 17 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	17, poor	6 ft6 smushy	241kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots, offshore	12°C
Thu 22Oct	21, too small	2 ft6 smushy	19kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	38, fair	4 ft5 smushy	62kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	30, too small	2 ft7 smushy	44kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	15, too small	2 ft7 smushy	26kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 21 knots, offshore	11°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Kingsbarns, 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 Kingsbarns

The Cheesy Toast S1.0 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

Kingsbarns, UK