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Melvich

★★★★★Good
Beach break Faces N high tide Offshore South West Best swell North West

Best of the week: Thursday around 19:00, 4–6 ft and offshore.

Surf now2–3ft1.8 m at 10 s from the W, wind sea 0.8 m from the W
Wind13mphSW · cross-off · gusts 24
Tide 3.6mFalling · low 22:26 (1.7 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
2–4 ft Swell NW 10s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–8 ft Swell NW 11s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Tue
4–6 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Wed
4–5 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–6 ft Swell N 6s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Fri
2–4 ft Swell N 7s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Sat
3–4 ft Swell W 6s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
Time 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 2–3 2–4 0 3–5 0 7–10 4–6 4–6 3–5 2–4 2–4 4–5 2–3 2–3 2–4 2–4 5–7 6–8 5–7 4–6 4–6 3–4 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–4 2–4 3–4 3–4
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Wind mph 12 19 15 17 18 14 12 11 11 13 13 12 13 13 15 13 14 14 11 8 4 17 17 14 18 16 15 17 20 21 21
Tide m 3.2↓ 3.5↓ 2.5↓ 2.2↑ 3.3↑ 3.8↓ 3.9↑ 3.0↓ 1.9↓ 2.7↑ 4.1↑ 3.9↑ 3.6↓ 1.8↓ 2.1↑ 4.0↑ 3.6↑ 4.1↓ 2.1↓ 1.5↑ 3.7↑ 3.1↑ 4.5↓ 2.5↓ 1.1↑ 3.2↑ 2.4↑ 4.6↑ 3.0↓ 1.0↓ 2.6↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Melvich faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Scrabster above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Wednesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Melvich faces north. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWW
W
1.8 m at 10 s (swell) · 37 % reaches the beach
W
0.8 m at 4 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Melvich works

Swell
Best from the north west.
Wind
South West is offshore.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
Drive to melvich, and follow signs to the beach.. once there run over th sand dunes and respect the locals... they're the nicest people you'll ever meet!

Beautiful beach break with a perfect A-Frame wave at high tide.. Some of the mellowest lefts to be found in the north of scotland.. It's not supposed to hold big swells.. but i've had a good head and a half here.. and it was damn good fun!!

Tide times

  • Sun 22:26Low1.7 m
  • Mon 04:51High3.7 m
  • Mon 11:04Low2.1 m
  • Mon 17:22High3.8 m
  • Mon 23:52Low1.5 m
  • Tue 06:14High3.9 m
  • Tue 12:23Low1.9 m
  • Tue 18:31High4.1 m

Scrabster station, 22 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Mark from the curl.. riding a 6' 4" Single fin / Twin Fish Hybrid! Jez's Favorite kinda wave.. head high ( chest on normal people ) glassy perfection. Floater/stall type thing! Scottish dreamland!

Members' own photos of Melvich. Credits: Oly Banks, Mark.

Comments

30 Jul 2005 · Davey most rippable, mechanical yet mellow rights and lefts on the north shore. caught some of my best waves ever here. watch for the rip from the rivermouth on bigger days!!

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