Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach) (Highland) weather

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Forecast days

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning.
Beach safety today
Caution: strong winds may affect your paddling
  • • paddleboarding not recommended for beginners/intermediate
  • • experienced paddlers should use caution

Tide: Next high tide (4.2m) at

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    8 day forecast for Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)

    Today (1 May 2025)
    Time
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    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    WSW
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    8
    W
    9
    W
    11
    WNW
    13
    WNW
    14
    W
    14
    W
    15
    W
    15
    W
    16
    W
    17
    W
    18
    W
    19
    W
    19
    W
    20
    W
    19
    W
    17
    W
    15
    W
    14
    W
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    18
    17
    16
    18
    21
    24
    25
    25
    26
    27
    28
    30
    32
    33
    34
    32
    30
    27
    25
    23
    23
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    81%
    85%
    89%
    88%
    88%
    86%
    84%
    76%
    68%
    63%
    63%
    63%
    63%
    63%
    63%
    63%
    65%
    65%
    65%
    68%
    70%
    74%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    12
    13
    14
    14
    15
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    19
    20
    19
    17
    15
    14
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (2 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
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    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Clear night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    12
    W
    12
    W
    12
    W
    12
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    13
    W
    15
    W
    16
    W
    16
    WNW
    17
    W
    18
    W
    18
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    W
    17
    W
    16
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    22
    21
    21
    21
    22
    21
    22
    25
    26
    27
    29
    29
    30
    30
    31
    31
    30
    30
    29
    27
    25
    24
    23
    24
    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
    74%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    72%
    67%
    66%
    67%
    68%
    71%
    72%
    69%
    71%
    70%
    72%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    12
    14
    15
    16
    17
    17
    18
    18
    18
    18
    18
    17
    15
    14
    13
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.1
    0.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    15
    14
    14
    14
    14
    15
    15
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    14
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (3 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Partly cloudy night Light shower night Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    40%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    15
    W
    15
    WNW
    15
    WNW
    14
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    16
    N
    17
    N
    17
    NNW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    25
    25
    29
    30
    29
    29
    27
    20
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    77%
    77%
    77%
    76%
    68%
    61%
    56%
    58%
    66%
    UV - - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    14
    15
    14
    15
    16
    17
    17
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.1
    0.1
    0.1
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    13
    13
    2
    2
    3
    3
    3
    7
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (4 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    10
    NNW
    10
    NW
    10
    N
    13
    NNE
    13
    NNE
    14
    NNE
    13
    NNW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    19
    24
    26
    25
    24
    21
    14
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    71%
    70%
    73%
    65%
    59%
    59%
    58%
    65%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    13
    14
    14
    13
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.6
    0.5
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (5 May 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 Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    8
    NW
    8
    WNW
    8
    NW
    8
    NE
    9
    N
    10
    N
    9
    NNW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    12
    14
    14
    12
    11
    10
    7
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    71%
    73%
    74%
    64%
    63%
    69%
    71%
    75%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (6 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    14°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    6
    W
    7
    WNW
    6
    NNW
    8
    NNE
    8
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NNE
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    6
    7
    9
    10
    10
    11
    11
    6
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    77%
    79%
    81%
    77%
    81%
    80%
    79%
    83%
    UV - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    7
    6
    8
    8
    9
    9
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (7 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    12°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    6
    N
    6
    NNE
    6
    ENE
    8
    ENE
    10
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    10
    ENE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    5
    5
    8
    11
    14
    14
    11
    7
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    80%
    81%
    79%
    81%
    79%
    80%
    82%
    UV - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (8 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals No weather symbol data
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    7
    N
    6
    NNE
    6
    ENE
    7
    ENE
    10
    ENE
    11
    NE
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    6
    6
    8
    10
    14
    14
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    83%
    83%
    84%
    81%
    82%
    78%
    81%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Thursday 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 4 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 4 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 4 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 4 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 5 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 5 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 5 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 5 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 6 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 6 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 6 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 6 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 7 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 7 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 7 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 7 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 8 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 8 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 8 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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 8 May

    Tide times and heights are from Meikle Ferry tidal station which is 4.3 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

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    Light rain to start Thursday. Then sunny spells, scattered showers.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Dry with some late brightness across the mainland this evening. Thickening cloud will bring a few showers from the northwest overnight. Mild across the east. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

    Thursday:

    Cloudy start with a little light rain. Then it will be mainly dry with some bright spells, a few showers in the northwest. A much cooler day. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

    Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

    Rather cloudy with a few light showers on Friday. Early showery rain on Saturday otherwise dry. Mostly dry on Sunday. Cooler than of late.

    Updated:

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