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Armadale Bay Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsMelvichTorrisdale Sandside Bay Brimms Ness - The Point S*** Pipe Thurso East Brora Beach Murkle Point Sango Bay Castlehill to Murkle Durness (Balnakeil Bay) Dunnet Bay Skara Brae Skail Bay Right Marwick Sinclairs Bay - Beach Keiss Birsay Bay Sandwood Bay Fisk Helliar Lossiemouth Bu Sands Sandend (Moray Firth) Boyndie Bay Banff - Beach Port of Ness Eoropie Fraserburgh St Combs to Inverallochy Staffin Bay Balmedie to Newburgh Aberdeen - Beach Stonehaven Nigg Bay Lunan Bay Arbroath Cruden Bay Peterhead (Sandford Bay) St Andrews West St Andrews East Glenbrittle Kingsbarns Dalbeg Isle of Lewis Talisker Bay Seacliff Cliff Belhaven Bay (Dunbar) Melby Quendale Bay Mangersta Scarasta Pease Bay Gulberwick Coldingham Bay Caravans Graveyards Ardnave Bay Westport Balevullin Machrihanish Hosta The Hough Balephuil The Maze Port Bharrapol (Tiree) Laggan Bay Dunaverty Saligo Bay Islay (Machir Bay) |