Kilt Rock & Mealt Falls
A waterfall off a basalt cliff straight into the sea, a hundred metres from the car park.
Today
good
Good all day: dry, gusts under 30 mph.
08:00 · gusts 7 mph · dry · view clear
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystronggusts peak 7 mph
Why this?
- Best 4 hours08:00–12:00
- Gusts7 mph at 08:00good below 30 · poor from 40
- Raindryrain doesn't spoil it here
- Cloud base1680 m at 10:00the view needs 60 m clear
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo
sunrise 07:53 · sunset 16:22 · gusts to 8 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated moderate rather than exposed because a fence keeps you well back from the drop — but the car park is a wind tunnel, and in a westerly the falls blow back up the cliff. Rain makes this one better, not worse.
Starts: Signed car park off the A855 south of Staffin
0.2 km · 0 m of ascent · 0.25 h · open ground · fine in the rain
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