Burghead Bay ( ID burghead_bay )      Hits: 646
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Continent: Europe Country: Scotland (UK) Next Big City (Airport):  Edinburgh Next Town: Inverness, Burghead Latitude:   57.6684 Longitude: -3.514 Edit or submit information Type: - Ocean Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert Good for: - Kitesurfing - Windsurfing Features: No Information
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Water Type: - Small Wave (< 1m) Hazards: - Mole - Rocks Quality: - Cloudy Best Tide: - Low Tide - Coming Tide - Falling Tide Watch out for rocks, check the beach at low tide. High tide unsuitable as for no launching space due to harbor wall and dunes. Edit
Beach
Type: - Sand Size: - Medium Hazards: - Rocks Beach crowds: - None
Very long, sandy beach. A few rocks, and some seaweed now and again. Edit
Weather
Spring: - Normal Wetsuit Summer: - Shorts - Shorty - Normal Wetsuit Fall: - Normal Wetsuit Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit
Water rarely below 7°C, wetsuit advised although on very hot days it is not necessary. Season good April to October. There is excellent surf most of the year. Rarely gets very cold, maximum temperature of air is around 23°C. Can rain a lot in winter. Average water temperature of 10°C. Edit
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Best Months:	No Information	Wind Type: - Frontal Winds
Best Direction:	- SW - WNW	Main Direction: No Information

The beach curves. To the north N and S are sideshore, and to the south E and W are sideshore.

Edit  How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access: - Short Walk

From Inverness east on A96 towards Elgin. Before Elgin turn to Burghead. The bay is SW of Burghead. For WNW winds park at Rose Isle (£1 during summer) for SW park next to the camper van site.

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