Point of Sleat
A long, lovely walk to the lighthouse at Skye's southern tip, past a hidden sandy beach.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, gusts under 30 mph.
08:00 · gusts 6 mph · dry
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Windlightbreezystronggusts peak 9 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Gusts6 mph at 11:00good below 30 · poor from 40
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo
sunrise 07:50 · sunset 16:24 · gusts to 9 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 20:25 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated moderate: track then a rough path over rock and bog, open and remote with no shelter and no short way back. The final lighthouse rocks are slippery.
Starts: Aird of Sleat, end of the road past Armadale
9.0 km · 250 m of ascent · 3.5-4 h · open ground
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