Overview

Tain Links is a spot on the coast of the Dornoch Firth, near the town of Tain. The estuary body of water offers sheltered conditions with good fetch in easterly winds. Tain is known for its Glenmorangie distillery.

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Spot forecast for Tain Lynx

Sunrise 08:02 · Sunset 17:59

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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 · 02:32 · 1.9 m
High tide Tue 20 · 08:57 · 3.1 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 12:25 · 2.1 m
High tide Tue 20 · 14:10 · 2.2 m

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Tain Lynx: 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

337h

in June · 28 rideable days

The season runs from March to July, peaking in June: 26 rideable days a month and 337 hours of usable wind, at 14 °C. The low point is December, at 13 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 79%13-20 knots · 20%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 79% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 5 °C. The wettest month is December, with 132 mm.

Monthly averages: Tain Lynx

Monthly averages — Tain Lynx — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	19.5	132 h	5 °C	92 mm
February	16.5	119 h	7 °C	74 mm
March	22.0	221 h	9 °C	67 mm
April	26.5	237 h	12 °C	73 mm
May	27.5	258 h	15 °C	76 mm
June	28.0	337 h	16 °C	70 mm
July	26.0	265 h	18 °C	109 mm
August	19.5	197 h	18 °C	68 mm
September	14.5	151 h	15 °C	71 mm
October	17.5	131 h	12 °C	108 mm
November	16.5	118 h	8 °C	78 mm
December	13.0	84 h	7 °C	132 mm

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Technical details of Tain Lynx spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, SE, SW, 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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