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Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 16 Mar 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
7.4° 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 10AM is: 7.5m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)25ft (7.5m)19s
Afternoon (16 Mar)23ft (7.0m)18s
Evening (16 Mar)16ft (5.0m)16s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
6
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)191919181817161615141413141413131313121212121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4098041317401183529527893209991286592276831541644044158524955315012437445403948294325872481192127362147
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
55
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
40
SW
35
S
50
SSE
40
S
45
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
2.75
7:27PM
2.65
7:29AM
2.98
7:59PM
2.84
8:00AM
3.17
8:30PM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.47
1:22AM
0.59
1:49PM
0.20
1:56AM
0.38
2:21PM
-0.02
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise--6:28-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset-----6:16-------6:19-------6:21--
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C656777789910101099988999998
Feels °C (?)-5-7-7-4-2-2-4-101112-10100345664
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