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Golspie - North (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

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 (3.0m) at

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    7 day forecast for Golspie - North (Beach)

    Today (5 August 2025)
    Time
    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 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 Overcast Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    80%
    80%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    60%
    40%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    Temperature
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed
    WNW
    14
    W
    14
    WNW
    15
    WNW
    17
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    19
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    17
    W
    16
    W
    15
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    35
    37
    39
    41
    43
    45
    45
    44
    45
    43
    40
    37
    34
    32
    32
    34
    Visibility
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    G
    Humidity
    83%
    78%
    78%
    77%
    78%
    77%
    71%
    68%
    68%
    66%
    67%
    69%
    79%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    UV 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    14
    14
    15
    17
    18
    18
    18
    19
    18
    18
    17
    16
    15
    14
    14
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    3
    2
    2
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    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 Light rain Light rain Cloudy 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
    70%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    40%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    15
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    13
    W
    13
    W
    13
    W
    13
    W
    13
    W
    14
    W
    15
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    13
    W
    13
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    11
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    7
    S
    7
    S
    7
    S
    8
    S
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    36
    34
    32
    31
    30
    31
    31
    30
    33
    34
    34
    34
    34
    31
    29
    27
    25
    25
    22
    19
    20
    22
    24
    25
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    88%
    89%
    89%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    87%
    84%
    77%
    73%
    66%
    59%
    55%
    54%
    54%
    55%
    62%
    67%
    73%
    79%
    82%
    84%
    85%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    15
    14
    14
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    14
    15
    14
    14
    14
    14
    13
    12
    11
    10
    8
    7
    7
    7
    8
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    12
    11
    11
    2
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    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 rain Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    60%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    15°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    9
    S
    9
    SSW
    10
    SW
    9
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    27
    30
    28
    31
    36
    39
    38
    32
    23
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    85%
    86%
    87%
    86%
    73%
    62%
    60%
    67%
    76%
    UV - - - 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    10
    9
    13
    15
    15
    12
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    3
    3
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    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 Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    20%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    12°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    10°
    11°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    6
    SW
    5
    SW
    5
    SSW
    10
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SW
    11
    SW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    14
    25
    30
    34
    34
    28
    21
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    84%
    85%
    85%
    71%
    66%
    66%
    68%
    78%
    UV - - 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    5
    5
    10
    12
    12
    11
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.5
    0.7
    0.8
    0.4
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    3
    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
    40%
    40%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SW
    11
    SW
    12
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    23
    29
    31
    32
    29
    23
    14
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    83%
    85%
    83%
    71%
    67%
    67%
    73%
    84%
    UV - - 1 3 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    8
    9
    9
    11
    12
    12
    9
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.1
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    2
    2
    3
    2
    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°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    16°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    5
    SW
    5
    SW
    6
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    13
    19
    23
    24
    23
    19
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    87%
    89%
    87%
    76%
    62%
    64%
    71%
    85%
    UV - - 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    5
    6
    9
    9
    9
    8
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    2
    3
    4
    5
    3
    5
    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)
    14°
    13°
    14°
    16°
    18°
    18°
    16°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    6
    SW
    6
    SW
    6
    SW
    9
    WSW
    10
    W
    9
    W
    8
    W
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    10
    18
    21
    21
    19
    17
    9
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    87%
    85%
    75%
    59%
    62%
    70%
    84%
    UV - - 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Tuesday 5 August

    Tide times and heights are from Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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 Golspie tidal station which is 1.6 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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