Ackergillshore: High water is 2 hours and 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen
Lybster: High water is 2 hours before high water at Aberdeen
Helmsdale: High water is 1 hours and 50 minutes before high water at Aberdeen
Portmahomack: High water is 1 hours and 30 minutes before high water at Aberdeen
Nigg Ferry: High water is 1 hours and 30 minutes before high water at Aberdeen
Rosemarkie: High water is 1 hours and 25 minutes before high water at Aberdeen
Burghead: High water is 1 hours and 30 minutes before high water at Aberdeen
Between Ackergilshore and Noss Head: The tidal stream here flows east. Continuous east going stream
Noss Head: The north going stream begins at 40 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south going stream begins at 5 hours and 30 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 2 knots at springs. Skerries around head can produce boomers and waves in swell.
Wick: The north going stream begins at 40 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south going stream begins at 5 hours and 30 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 1.5 knots at springs.
Offshore Wick: The north going stream begins at 53 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south going stream begins at 5 hours and 20 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The north going stream reaches a speed of 1.9 knots at springs. The south going stream reaches a speed of 2.1 knots at springs.
Between Lybster and Dunbeath: The north-east going stream begins at 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 6 hours and 5 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 1 knots at springs.
Off Dunbeath Bay: The north-east going stream begins at 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 6 hours and 5 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 1 knots at springs.
Between Dunbeath and Helmsdale: The north-east going stream begins at 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 6 hours and 5 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 1 knots at springs.
Loch Fleet: Little information is available. The tide is said to run strongly in the narrow entrance. Sand bars at the entrance can produce heavy surf.
Few miles north west of Portmahomack: The north-east going stream begins at 1 hours and 10 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 40 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 0.5 knots at springs.
North west side of Tarbet Ness: The north-east going stream begins at 1 hours and 30 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 50 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 0.4 knots at springs.
Between Tarbet Ness and Balintore: The north-east going stream begins at 1 hours and 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 35 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 0.5 knots at springs.
Between Balintore and North Sutor: The north north-east going stream begins at 1 hours and 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 35 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The north north-east going stream reaches a speed of 0.5 knots at springs. The south south-west going stream reaches a speed of 0.4 knots at springs.
Entrance to Cromarty Firth: The east going stream begins at 1 hours and 5 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west going stream begins at 5 hours after high water at Aberdeen. The east going stream reaches a speed of 2 knots at springs. The west going stream reaches a speed of 1.5 knots at springs.
Cromarty Firth West: The east north-east going stream begins at 37 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west south-west going stream begins at 5 hours and 13 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The east north-east going stream reaches a speed of 1.6 knots at springs. The west south-west going stream reaches a speed of 1.2 knots at springs.
Cromarty Firth- Invergordon: The east north-east going stream begins at 50 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 50 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The east north-east going stream reaches a speed of 1.9 knots at springs. The west south-west going stream reaches a speed of 1.4 knots at springs.
Cromarty Firth- Alness: The east north-east going stream begins at 1 hours and 5 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 36 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The east north-east going stream reaches a speed of 2.4 knots at springs. The west south-west going stream reaches a speed of 2.6 knots at springs.
South off Sutors Stacks: The east north-east going stream begins at 2 hours and 15 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 5 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The east north-east going stream reaches a speed of 0.5 knots at springs. The west south-west going stream reaches a speed of 0.4 knots at springs.
Between Rosemarkie and Sutor Stacks: The north-east going stream begins at 1 hours and 5 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 6 hours and 5 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 0.5 knots at springs.
Entrance to Moray Firth: The north-east going stream begins at 30 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south-west going stream begins at 4 hours and 40 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The north-east going stream reaches a speed of 1.8 knots at springs. The south-west going stream reaches a speed of 1.7 knots at springs.
Between Chanonry Point and Fort George: The north going stream begins at 1 hours and 5 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The south going stream begins at 6 hours and 5 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The north going stream reaches a speed of 3.5 knots at springs. The south going stream reaches a speed of 2.5 knots at springs. Avoid Chanonry point on flood to avoid disturbing dolphins.
Off Hopeman: The east going stream begins at 20 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west going stream begins at 5 hours and 45 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The flow reaches a speed of 0.5 knots at springs.
Kessock Bridge*: The east north-east going stream begins at 50 minutes before high water at Aberdeen. The west south-west going stream begins at 5 hours and 35 minutes after high water at Aberdeen. The east north-east going stream reaches a speed of 5 knots at springs. The west south-west going stream reaches a speed of 4 knots at springs. The west south-west going stream is strongest between the piers 1 km to the west of the bridge between which the ferry used to run. The east north-east going stream is strongest at Craigton Point, the north end of the Bridge. The flow here may reach 6kt following heavy rain.
Firing range south of Wick: Phone Shetland Coastguard
Reiss sands: (ND 345 556) g Lots of parking but slightly long walk
Ackergillshore : (ND 360 545) g
Staxigoe: (ND 385 525) g
Wick Harbour: (ND 369 509) g Good launch if using bus shuttles.
Sarclet: (ND 351 433) g Long carry.
Lybster : (ND 244 349) g
Latheronwheel Pier: (ND 191 321) g
Dunbeath: (ND 166 294) g Slip or sandy beach.
Berriedale: (ND 121 226) g Private estate road to harbour- emergency only.
Helmsdale: (ND 029 152) g
Brora: (NC 909 039) g
Golspie: (NH 830 996) g
Dornoch: (NH 806 895) g Long walk at LW.
Meikle Ferry north: (NH 729 870) g
Portmahomack: (NH 914 844) g
Rockfield: (NH 924 829) g Almost no parking.
Balintore: Harbour: (NH 863 755) g Perhaps harder than beach at LW.
Balintore: Shandwick bay: (NH 860 751) g At LW, this might be easier than harbour.
Nigg Ferry: (NH 797 687) g
Invergordon: (NH 697 689) g
Newhall Point: (NH 710 672) g
Cromarty: (NH 790 676) g
Rosemarkie: (NH 739 578) g
Chanonry Point: (NH 749 559) g
Fortrose : (NH 725 562) g Limited parking
Avoch: (NH 704 551) g
Kilmuir: (NH 674 497) g
North Kessock: (NH 656 478) g
South Kessock: (NH 655 472) g
Alturlie Point: (NH 713 494) g
Ardersier: (NH 780 546) g
Burghead: (NJ 110 690) g Paying slipway at back of harbour, possible alternative on sea front depending on tide.
Hopeman: (NJ 145 699) g
Lossiemouth: (NJ 229 711) g