Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
10.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Bay of Skaill today?

The current surf forecast for Bay of Skaill at 11PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)--
Afternoon (29 Nov)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (29 Nov)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
5
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NNW
3.5
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.3
N
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.2
W
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.7
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111101010101012121213161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3551336627131981140112571027826637543468400352257389413400972313840274292504753505622
Wind
(km/h)
40
N
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
5
ENE
20
SE
35
SE
55
SSE
60
SSE
50
SSE
40
S
30
SW
20
SW
10
S
20
SE
10
SSE
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
2.48
4:10AM
2.32
4:05PM
2.59
5:05AM
2.52
5:05PM
2.76
5:54AM
2.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
0.69
9:59AM
1.05
10:43PM
0.52
11:05AM
0.86
11:39PM
0.35
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise------8:37-------8:38-------8:41-
Sunset3:26-------3:25-------3:23-------
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--1-------14------1---
Temp. °C666655565566678999998999
Feels °C (?)-4-4-4-2-4-4-311-2-4-6-6-4-1245463322
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