Overview

Loch Brora is a freshwater loch in the Highlands, at 27m altitude. This inland spot offers flat water conditions in a spectacular mountain setting. The loch is surrounded by hills and forests. Fresh and cold water, with no tides or ocean currents.

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Spot forecast for Loch Brora

Sunrise 08:02 · Sunset 17:58

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

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Loch Brora: 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

326h

in July · 29 rideable days

The season runs from March to August, peaking in July: 27 rideable days a month and 326 hours of usable wind, at 14 °C. The low point is December, at 15 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 70%13-20 knots · 28%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 70% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 4 °C. The wettest month is December, with 180 mm.

Monthly averages: Loch Brora

Monthly averages — Loch Brora — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	19.0	145 h	4 °C	145 mm
February	20.5	166 h	6 °C	99 mm
March	28.0	255 h	8 °C	80 mm
April	25.5	277 h	11 °C	79 mm
May	26.0	329 h	15 °C	76 mm
June	28.0	402 h	15 °C	96 mm
July	29.0	326 h	17 °C	122 mm
August	25.5	256 h	17 °C	102 mm
September	19.5	194 h	14 °C	79 mm
October	22.0	179 h	11 °C	165 mm
November	19.5	135 h	7 °C	120 mm
December	15.0	106 h	6 °C	180 mm

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Technical details of Loch Brora spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, ESE, SSW, WNW, 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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