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Dunnet Bay - Murkle Bay/Dunnet (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 sunny intervals by early evening.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

Tide: Next low tide (1.0m) at

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    7 day forecast for Dunnet Bay - Murkle Bay/Dunnet (Beach)

    Today (29 May 2025)
    Time
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    WNW
    21
    WNW
    20
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    15
    WNW
    12
    WNW
    9
    W
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    32
    31
    26
    22
    18
    14
    10
    Visibility
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    86%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    90%
    92%
    UV 2 1 1 1 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed
    21
    20
    18
    15
    12
    9
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    4
    5
    5
    6
    6
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (30 May 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 Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    70%
    70%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    6
    WSW
    5
    SW
    5
    SW
    5
    SW
    5
    WSW
    5
    SW
    5
    W
    6
    NW
    7
    NNW
    8
    NW
    10
    NW
    11
    NW
    11
    NW
    12
    NW
    12
    NW
    12
    NW
    12
    NW
    11
    NW
    10
    NW
    9
    NW
    7
    WNW
    4
    S
    4
    SSE
    4
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    8
    9
    9
    9
    10
    11
    12
    11
    13
    13
    17
    16
    15
    15
    15
    15
    14
    13
    12
    10
    9
    7
    7
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    92%
    91%
    90%
    85%
    81%
    75%
    72%
    68%
    65%
    63%
    64%
    64%
    66%
    67%
    69%
    82%
    86%
    89%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    7
    8
    10
    11
    11
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    10
    9
    7
    4
    4
    4
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    7
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (31 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    20%
    50%
    60%
    90%
    90%
    60%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    4
    SE
    4
    SE
    6
    SE
    9
    SE
    13
    SE
    13
    SSE
    13
    WSW
    10
    SSW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    8
    12
    16
    19
    23
    24
    24
    17
    17
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    E
    E
    Humidity
    89%
    89%
    90%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    75%
    84%
    UV - - 1 1 3 5 2 1 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    4
    4
    6
    9
    13
    13
    13
    10
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.1
    0.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (1 June 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    50%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    8
    SW
    9
    WSW
    11
    WNW
    14
    WNW
    17
    NW
    18
    NW
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    19
    21
    23
    27
    27
    29
    28
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    85%
    86%
    83%
    73%
    76%
    76%
    78%
    82%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    8
    9
    11
    14
    17
    18
    15
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.8
    1.1
    1.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    6
    7
    6
    6
    4
    5
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (2 June 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    40%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    14
    WNW
    11
    W
    10
    W
    11
    WNW
    11
    SSW
    11
    S
    10
    SSE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    20
    18
    20
    21
    17
    18
    18
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    84%
    83%
    76%
    60%
    60%
    63%
    70%
    79%
    UV - 1 1 4 4 1 1 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    11
    10
    11
    11
    11
    10
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    7
    7
    6
    6
    7
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (3 June 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    14
    S
    14
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    20
    14
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    83%
    78%
    69%
    69%
    68%
    76%
    88%
    UV - 1 1 3 3 3 1 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    11
    12
    14
    14
    14
    12
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    9
    10
    10
    10
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (4 June 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    9
    NE
    10
    NE
    12
    NNE
    14
    NNE
    15
    NNE
    15
    NNE
    14
    NNE
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    18
    20
    21
    24
    23
    19
    14
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    93%
    86%
    74%
    74%
    75%
    77%
    84%
    UV - 1 1 4 4 3 1 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Thursday 29 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 29 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 29 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 29 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 30 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 30 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 30 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 30 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 31 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 31 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 31 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 31 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 1 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 1 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 1 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 1 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 2 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 2 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 2 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 2 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 3 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 3 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 3 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 3 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 4 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 4 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 4 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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 4 June

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 7.1 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:

    Rain spreading east tonight. Mainly dry and bright on Friday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Cloudy evening with outbreaks of rain and drizzle for many before slowly clearing eastwards overnight with a few clear spells developing. Mostly dry for Hebrides however with longer clear spells. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

    Friday:

    It will be a mostly dry day with sunny spells but the odd shower possible at times, especially in the north and west. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

    Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

    Remaining unsettled with sunny spells at times but showers also which may be heavy and merge to longer spells of rain at times. Brisk winds at times.

    Updated:

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