Overview

Loch Creran is a sea loch in Argyll, north of Oban. This sheltered body of water offers flat water conditions in a mountainous setting. The loch runs east-west, working with channelled wind. Tidal currents at the entrance to the loch.

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Spot forecast for Loch Creran

Sunrise 08:04 · Sunset 18:07

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

Low tide Tue 20 · 05:58 · 2.2 m
High tide Tue 20 · 06:40 · 2.3 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 09:14 · 2.1 m
High tide Tue 20 · 14:20 · 3.2 m

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Loch Creran: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

224h

in May · 26.5 rideable days

The season runs from March to August, peaking in May: 24 rideable days a month and 224 hours of usable wind, at 15 °C. The low point is January, at 14 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 73%13-20 knots · 26%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 73% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is December, with 270 mm.

Monthly averages: Loch Creran

Monthly averages — Loch Creran — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	14.0	90 h	6 °C	150 mm
February	20.0	168 h	7 °C	198 mm
March	22.5	216 h	10 °C	117 mm
April	23.5	212 h	13 °C	108 mm
May	26.5	224 h	17 °C	91 mm
June	26.0	308 h	15 °C	131 mm
July	23.5	230 h	18 °C	98 mm
August	23.5	237 h	17 °C	206 mm
September	20.5	188 h	16 °C	124 mm
October	17.5	137 h	13 °C	163 mm
November	14.5	99 h	8 °C	172 mm
December	16.0	110 h	7 °C	270 mm

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Technical details of Loch Creran spot

The spot works with winds from NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SW, WSW, W, WNW.

Depending on conditions: N, SE, SSW, NW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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