Coral Beach, Claigan
Crushed white shell sand and turquoise water north of Dunvegan. Flat, easy, good with children.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, gusts under 35 mph.
08:00 · gusts 7 mph · dry
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystronggusts peak 7 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Gusts7 mph at 08:00good below 35 · poor from 45
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo
sunrise 07:54 · sunset 16:25 · gusts to 8 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated low: a level farm track along a sheltered shore. Maerl, not coral. The colour needs sunshine to show at all.
Starts: Claigan car park, north of Dunvegan
4.0 km · 50 m of ascent · 1-1.5 h · sheltered
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