from thurso drive on toward forres then u will c a turn off its just a farm road (single track) then ur pretty much there u just follow the road 2 the end
this spot has 3 breaks (the cove, the bowl, and the point)the point is the onlt 1 that dosnt run int0 a shelve or a cliff face the point is a Left hand Point break at the most Eastly end of Brimsness running over a Granite Reef Slab, Best on High The Bowl is a short fast barrell, which runs into deep water in front of a small cliff face The Cove is A Full on right hand barrel wave that breaks on to a serious shelf.. very skety on the inside.Remeber this is privite land 2 treat it with respect or u the guy that owns the land could close it
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this is 1 of the most powerfull reefs in the uk and it picks up pretty much ay northerly swell. Brimms ness is the place 2 go if everywhere else is flat
A lot of time you'll be on your own to surf in this area, that's why there's nobody around...that day specifically all the guys had left to surf Thurso, which needs a bigger swell to work and was a bit calmer.
The bowl is not really surfable above 14 feet, at least not that I heard of but that would truly be kamikaze, the left hold bigger swells, I'd say it should hold up to any size regarding it's location but I'm not a local either..
comment by Dubaibb, 2007-06-24 18:55:28
1012!
1012 feet! Whoa you must be the best surfer in the world not even Laird hamilton could do it... Wait they havnt even even seen a 1012 foot wave. Humm....
comment by anonymous, 2005-08-12 03:00:35
explanations from the sender of the pics
ok 1st pic is the bowl with a 7feet size, 3rd pic is still the bowl but this day the swell was pretty big and it start breaking at low tide, this wave was probably about 13 feet high or maybe higher, U D ONT WANNA SURF DA BOWL AT THIS SIZE AT LOW TIDE unless you re a sociopath!!! 2nd pic is the left (or the point) it was about 1012 feet maybe I can t really tell I was alone surfing...but I can tell that it was pretty amazing, it was a drop air take off and then u do your best to keep riding the wave! If you look at the 4rth pic it s stiil the left and you can see how it was long this day.I love this spot! I wish I could go back to Scotland to surf it again!
comment by Anonymous, 2008-03-24 16:03:57