Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 01 Dec 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
10.6° 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 10PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)--
Afternoon (01 Dec)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (01 Dec)8ft (2.5m)16s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
5
!
!
0
!
!
!
!
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)121616151515151515151414141414141413131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6751286351037193620382938513651343038302964233420582058175914541172112713291248948635461367
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
SSW
20
SE
15
ENE
5
NNW
25
W
30
WSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
2.76
5:54AM
2.74
6:00PM
2.94
6:40AM
2.95
6:53PM
3.10
7:24AM
3.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
0.35
12:01PM
0.62
12:29AM
0.20
12:53PM
0.37
1:18AM
0.11
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise------8:41-------8:42-------8:45-
Sunset3:23-------3:22-------3:22-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----221-----------------
Temp. °C999978989989889889999999
Feels °C (?)4645522-11102000-1-1011101-1
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