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Bay of Skaill Surf Forecast
/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /
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Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
How big are the waves at Bay of Skaill today?
The current surf forecast for Bay of Skaill at 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Bay of Skaill. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 230 | 160 | 157 | 130 | 3960 | 7628 | 8787 | 7170 | 2401 | 623 | 240 | 788 | 846 | 698 | 440 | 281 | 322 | 644 | 655 | 666 | 523 | 1596 | 1845 | 1406 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:30PM 2.60 | 7:21AM 2.55 | 7:25PM 2.82 | 8:07AM 2.70 | 8:08PM 3.01 | 8:43AM 2.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:02AM 0.61 | 1:18PM 0.82 | 1:51AM 0.37 | 2:02PM 0.61 | 2:31AM 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney
The wind is still offshore at Bay of Skaill (moderate winds from the S at Kirkwall 28 km from Bay of Skaill). 1.1m 9s swell from the N with a 0.4m 9s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
28 km away, 1 h 21 min ago
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