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Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach) (Highland) weather

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Forecast days

Light showers changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon.
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 (3.3m) at

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    7 day forecast for Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)

    Today (5 August 2025)
    Time
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    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast Cloudy Overcast Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    70%
    40%
    60%
    70%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    20%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    40%
    60%
    Temperature
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed
    W
    17
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    20
    W
    21
    WNW
    22
    WNW
    23
    WNW
    24
    WNW
    25
    W
    25
    W
    26
    W
    25
    W
    23
    W
    21
    W
    19
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    32
    33
    34
    36
    38
    41
    43
    45
    45
    45
    45
    43
    41
    37
    34
    32
    32
    33
    Visibility
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    78%
    77%
    76%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    73%
    72%
    67%
    67%
    67%
    64%
    64%
    65%
    72%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    UV 1 1 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    17
    18
    18
    20
    21
    22
    23
    25
    25
    26
    26
    25
    23
    21
    19
    17
    16
    16
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (6 August 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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    17
    WSW
    16
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    WSW
    16
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    17
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    14
    SW
    12
    SW
    10
    SSW
    10
    S
    9
    S
    9
    SSE
    10
    S
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    34
    33
    32
    32
    30
    30
    29
    30
    32
    34
    34
    34
    32
    30
    28
    27
    25
    25
    21
    19
    18
    20
    23
    25
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    77%
    80%
    79%
    80%
    80%
    79%
    78%
    76%
    74%
    70%
    66%
    64%
    58%
    57%
    55%
    55%
    56%
    58%
    63%
    67%
    71%
    73%
    75%
    76%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    17
    16
    17
    17
    17
    17
    16
    17
    17
    18
    18
    18
    18
    17
    16
    15
    14
    12
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (7 August 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Light shower night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    60%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    13
    S
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SW
    19
    WSW
    22
    WSW
    21
    WSW
    19
    SW
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    28
    33
    31
    31
    36
    39
    38
    31
    22
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    76%
    77%
    81%
    78%
    69%
    63%
    61%
    64%
    70%
    UV - - - 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    13
    14
    13
    19
    23
    22
    19
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    3
    3
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (8 August 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 Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    12°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SW
    14
    SW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    17
    SSW
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    19
    26
    30
    36
    36
    30
    27
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    75%
    77%
    78%
    69%
    67%
    65%
    66%
    73%
    UV - - 1 3 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    11
    10
    11
    14
    17
    19
    17
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (9 August 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    16°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    14
    SW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    25
    28
    30
    30
    26
    22
    17
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    75%
    76%
    77%
    72%
    71%
    68%
    72%
    78%
    UV - - 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    13
    14
    17
    18
    17
    14
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.4
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    2
    2
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (10 August 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    14°
    16°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    12°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    14°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    9
    SW
    12
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    16
    18
    21
    21
    19
    18
    15
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    79%
    82%
    83%
    77%
    73%
    75%
    75%
    79%
    UV - - 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    12
    13
    13
    13
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.1
    0.2
    0.1
    0.0
    0.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    4
    2
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (11 August 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
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    12°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    13
    W
    14
    W
    13
    WSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    15
    17
    18
    17
    16
    16
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    79%
    81%
    81%
    76%
    69%
    71%
    72%
    76%
    UV - - 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Tuesday 5 August

    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 5 August

    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 5 August

    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 5 August

    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 6 August

    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 6 August

    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 6 August

    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 6 August

    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 7 August

    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 7 August

    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 7 August

    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 7 August

    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 8 August

    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 8 August

    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 8 August

    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 8 August

    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 9 August

    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 9 August

    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 9 August

    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 9 August

    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 10 August

    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 10 August

    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 10 August

    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 10 August

    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 11 August

    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 11 August

    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 11 August

    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 11 August

    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

    Headline:

    Bright spells and showers today.

    Today:

    Winds well down from yesterday, as Floris clears north, but fresh to strong west to northwest breezes will keep a run of brighter spells and showers across all. Some risk of thunderstorms, before showers dwindling during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

    Tonight:

    Rather cloudy with some patchy light rain, with Isles and western coastal fringes wettest. Fresh westerly winds strong at first around coasts, easing light inland. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

    Wednesday:

    Rather cloudy with patchy rain early and late in the day, with outbreaks focused in west. Turning drier, brighter around midday. Southwest breezes strengthening late afternoon in the far west. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

    Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

    Rain early Thursday, then brightness and showers, possibly heavy for afternoon. Showery Friday with risk afternoon thunderstorms. Saturday brings showers or longer periods of rain.

    Updated:

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