Overview

Findhorn Bay is a natural estuary and lagoon on the Moray Firth coast, famous for the Findhorn community. The bay offers exceptional flat water conditions inside the estuary, with a shallow and sheltered body of water. One of the best flat water spots in Scotland. At high tide, the lagoon offers a vast navigable body of water.

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Spot forecast for Findhorn Bay

Sunrise 08:00 · Sunset 17:58

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

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 14:13 · 2.2 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 14:54 · 2.2 m
High tide Tue 20 · 21:10 · 3.3 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 03:36 · 1.7 m

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Findhorn Bay: 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

246h

in July · 28.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to July, peaking in July: 26 rideable days a month and 246 hours of usable wind, at 15 °C. The low point is December, at 9.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 72%13-20 knots · 26%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 72% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 5 °C. The wettest month is July, with 109 mm.

Monthly averages: Findhorn Bay

Monthly averages — Findhorn Bay — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	12.5	91 h	5 °C	65 mm
February	12.0	78 h	7 °C	57 mm
March	18.0	152 h	9 °C	55 mm
April	22.5	222 h	12 °C	61 mm
May	25.5	241 h	15 °C	70 mm
June	25.5	287 h	16 °C	98 mm
July	28.5	246 h	18 °C	109 mm
August	18.0	150 h	19 °C	55 mm
September	17.0	134 h	15 °C	60 mm
October	15.0	111 h	12 °C	92 mm
November	12.5	90 h	8 °C	73 mm
December	9.5	60 h	7 °C	108 mm

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Technical details of Findhorn Bay spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

Depending on conditions: ENE, E, WSW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

Parking

Parking at Findhorn village, access to the beach and bay. Also accessible from the east side of the bay via Kinloss.

Hazards

Very strong tidal currents at the entrance to the bay — avoid the main channel. Shifting sandbanks. The bay drains considerably at low tide, reducing the navigable area. Dangerous outgoing currents on the ebbing tide.

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