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Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Bay of Skaill surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bay of Skaill sea temperature is
8.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bay of Skaill today?

The current surf forecast for Bay of Skaill at 6PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Bay of Skaill. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131212121211111111101010101092018171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9768265914934073303032372331851751281259466453391302344051335461521054615530
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
2.79
8:12PM
2.68
8:25AM
2.93
8:47PM
2.74
8:58AM
3.05
9:21PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.59
2:12AM
0.59
2:40PM
0.43
2:46AM
0.48
3:15PM
0.30
3:18AM
0.40
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise8:51-------8:49-------8:48-------
Sunset--3:55-------3:56-------3:59-----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C778888776677787878787777
Feels °C (?)-10100111-1-2-1-1-20131200-3-2-2-2
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