Bay of Skaill Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (59.05° N 3.34° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 27 Oct 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 12.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than 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 1AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Evening (28 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	W	W	N	N	NNE	W	W	W	W	W	W	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	10	15	14	13	13	12	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	459	341	288	246	257	370	1074	1585	1412	1060	738	538	360	602	495	553	479	402	408	416	416	347	294	247
Wind (km/h)	N	E	SE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:46PM 2.23					12:05PM 2.35				12:56AM 2.06				1:23PM 2.25				2:40AM 2.00				2:54PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				5:55AM 1.09					6:41PM 1.08				6:52AM 1.23				7:59PM 1.13				8:14AM 1.30

		Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Feels °C (?)	5	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	4	3	4	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	2	2	4	3	3	2	-1	-3

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