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Fife – St Andrews & Pettycur Bay
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Scotland's east coast north of Edinburgh. West Sands at St Andrews is a long, hard-packed beach beside the golf course, where sandbars create flat water on the tide, northerlies work best and low-pressure swell brings waves; keep out of the estuary at the north end, which lies under the RAF Leuchars flight path. Pettycur Bay near Kinghorn has 4 miles of flat sand and a big shallow area in south-westerlies, with a 6 m spring tidal range.
Water
Flat water
Best season
Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Suited for
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Map
56.36, -2.81
Source: se.kiteforum.com · checked 2026-09-25
Climate
Monthly averages in °C, 2016–2025: air as the daily high and low, water as the sea surface. The spot's best months are highlighted.
| Series | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air max. | 7° | 7° | 9° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 8° |
| Air min. | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 5° | 4° |
| Water | 7° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 9° |
- Air: ERA5 / ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service) via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026
- Water: NOAA OISST v2.1, provided by NOAA PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA (Public domain). Sea surface temperature of the nearest 25 km grid cell with open water, 12 km from the spot