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Strathy Bay (Beach) (Highland) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Cloudy changing to light rain by lunchtime.
Beach safety today
Very large, powerful waves and strong wind
  • • very high likelihood of injury in or near the sea

Tide: Next high tide (3.7m) at

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    7 day forecast for Strathy Bay (Beach)

    Today (17 September 2025)
    Time
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    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    30%
    60%
    80%
    60%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    NW
    4
    W
    3
    SW
    3
    S
    3
    S
    4
    SSE
    5
    SE
    5
    SE
    7
    ESE
    10
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    16
    ESE
    18
    SE
    19
    SE
    19
    SE
    17
    SSE
    15
    SSE
    12
    S
    11
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    12
    S
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    7
    6
    7
    9
    10
    12
    15
    19
    25
    28
    32
    35
    36
    34
    30
    27
    23
    22
    21
    22
    24
    25
    28
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    88%
    91%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    90%
    87%
    85%
    82%
    78%
    80%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    81%
    77%
    78%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    4
    3
    3
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    10
    13
    16
    17
    19
    19
    17
    15
    12
    10
    10
    9
    10
    11
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.1
    2.1
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.8
    1.8
    1.7
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (18 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    21
    SW
    23
    SW
    24
    SW
    25
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    27
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    29
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    27
    WSW
    26
    WSW
    24
    W
    22
    W
    19
    W
    16
    W
    15
    W
    13
    W
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    28
    30
    31
    32
    33
    33
    34
    36
    35
    37
    37
    39
    42
    43
    39
    39
    37
    35
    30
    28
    22
    18
    15
    13
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    76%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    71%
    72%
    72%
    73%
    73%
    75%
    78%
    83%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    90%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    15
    18
    21
    24
    27
    25
    19
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.3
    1.4
    1.6
    1.9
    2.5
    3.6
    3.1
    2.2
    1.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (19 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    S
    6
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    8
    SSE
    9
    S
    10
    S
    12
    SSW
    14
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    SW
    14
    SW
    13
    SW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    9
    9
    10
    9
    10
    12
    14
    16
    17
    21
    22
    24
    26
    26
    26
    26
    23
    21
    20
    17
    17
    19
    19
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    90%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    87%
    85%
    79%
    76%
    71%
    65%
    66%
    67%
    65%
    69%
    74%
    76%
    82%
    80%
    83%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    7
    6
    10
    15
    16
    14
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.1
    2.3
    2.2
    2.0
    1.9
    2.0
    1.8
    1.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (20 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SW
    11
    WSW
    13
    W
    15
    NW
    15
    WNW
    15
    WNW
    16
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    17
    N
    18
    N
    18
    N
    19
    N
    20
    N
    20
    N
    19
    N
    19
    NNW
    20
    N
    21
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    21
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    19
    20
    21
    20
    22
    23
    21
    24
    25
    24
    24
    32
    33
    32
    32
    31
    34
    37
    36
    36
    35
    36
    37
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    83%
    83%
    83%
    84%
    83%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    78%
    76%
    72%
    76%
    77%
    74%
    74%
    71%
    74%
    68%
    71%
    72%
    72%
    73%
    69%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    10
    13
    15
    17
    19
    18
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    1.7
    2.5
    3.0
    3.1
    2.9
    2.7
    2.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (21 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    70%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    19
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    16
    NNW
    16
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    36
    37
    34
    32
    30
    29
    26
    16
    12
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    69%
    75%
    75%
    73%
    66%
    63%
    60%
    66%
    71%
    UV - - - 1 1 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    17
    16
    16
    16
    15
    11
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.8
    2.9
    3.2
    3.3
    3.4
    3.4
    3.5
    3.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    10
    10
    11
    12
    13
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (22 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    13°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    7
    NW
    7
    NW
    7
    WNW
    9
    WNW
    11
    WNW
    11
    W
    8
    WSW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    9
    11
    15
    16
    14
    9
    7
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    74%
    76%
    79%
    70%
    64%
    66%
    80%
    87%
    UV - - 1 1 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    3.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (23 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    14°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    12°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    6
    SSW
    6
    S
    6
    S
    8
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    8
    SE
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    7
    6
    7
    14
    15
    14
    8
    8
    Visibility (description)
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    91%
    91%
    74%
    67%
    64%
    81%
    88%
    UV - - 1 2 3 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Wednesday 17 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 17 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 17 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 17 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 18 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 18 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 18 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 18 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 19 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 19 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 19 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 19 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 20 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 20 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 20 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 20 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 21 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 21 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 21 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 21 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 22 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 22 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 22 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 22 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 23 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 23 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 23 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 23 September

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 16.6 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

    Headline:

    Cloudy Wednesday morning with some rain. Afternoon becoming drier, brighter.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Frequent showers will die out and clear spells will increase from the late evening. The rest of the night will stay dry as cloud pushes northeast across the area. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

    Wednesday:

    After a cloudy but dry start, rain will spread north in the morning. This rain will mostly die out and bright spells develop during the afternoon.Winds strengthening on West Coast. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

    Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

    Unsettled conditions with rain, showers and strong winds continue. These conditions will be interspersed with brief drier and brighter spells.

    Updated:

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