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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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North Scotland
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Cold and windy,but uncrowded with world class reefbreaks.Good whisky,beautiful landscape.
Seasonal swell & wind variations:
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| Surf Equipment | Equipo de supervivencia | Equipo de supervivencia | Equipo de supervivencia | Traje Fullsuit | Traje Fullsuit | Equipo de supervivencia |
| Water temp. | 39°F | 43°F | 50°F | 61°F | 54°F | 46°F |
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Surf Spots
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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| Brimms Ness | 5 / - | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | ||||
| Dunnet Bay | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | 
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| Melvich | 7 / - | Right and left | Rivermouth | 
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| Sandside | 2 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Sandwood Bay | 5 / - | 
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Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
| Sango Sands | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Sewer Pipe | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Strathy bay | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
| The Bowl | 9 / - | Pros or kamikaze only... | |||||
| The spur | 1 / - | Left | Point-break | Pros or kamikaze only... | |||
| Thurso beach | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break | 
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| Thurso East | 13 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | ||
| Torrisdale Bay | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Comments
By Anonymous , 31-10-2007
Movin to Scotland? - Hey dudes might be moving to Scotland next year for college purposes away from NW Ireland....either way im planning it around waves... Can anyone tell me of a decent uni within proximity to some decent breaks.....
jopasbu@hotmail.com
Your advise will be rewarded in the next life
Alas
John B
By tkkile@yahoo.com.au , 20-03-2007
going to scotland - Hey there, im an Aussie heading to scotland in May for a few week's,It would be great to hear from some local lads or other travelers looking for waves on the west coast.If anyone can tell me what its like that time of year and how much rubber i'll need that would be good.....Timmy.
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By Anonymous , 20-08-2008
searching for waves - Hi lads I'm searching for a good surfspot between Juli and August and was thinking about Scotland. Could you recommand me something