Spey Bay is a lovely small coastal settlement at the mouth of the River Spey on the coast of the Moray Firth with a beautiful pebble beach.

Spey Bay's origins are in salmon fishing on the Spey. The fishing station is no longer operational but the Tugnet icehouse - claimed to be the largest in Scotland - remains as a tourist attraction.

A part of the former fishing station has been converted to provide the Moray Firth Wildlife Centre?, operated by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. Famed for the dolphins, the Centre is within a wildlife haven that is also home to Ospreys, grey and harbour seals, otters, wildfowl and waders. It is part of a 450ha nature reserve which forms part of the largest vegetated shingle habitat in Scotland.

The Speyside Way long-distance footpath passes through Spey Bay.

The first match on the golf course at Spey Bay was played on 25th May 1907 and to mark the occassion the Great North Of Scotland Railway granted cheap return fares to golfers from Buckie (the 3rd class fare being 6d). During WWI the hotel was used as a convalescent home for Belgian soldiers.