Bay of Skaill Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (59.05° N 3.34° W)

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Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 BST

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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 14.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (02 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	6	6	5	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	203	220	175	135	110	91	89	72	84	131	162	243	252	197	184	176	132	255	183	152	118	139	182	250
Wind (km/h)	SW	W	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:39PM 2.18				6:22AM 2.17				6:45PM 2.37					7:18AM 2.35				7:30PM 2.61				7:59AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)				12:06AM 1.23				12:29PM 1.18					1:08AM 0.98				1:19PM 0.95				1:50AM 0.68

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	14
Feels °C (?)	13	14	13	14	12	12	11	13	13	13	11	10	9	10	9	10	12	13	12	9	8	8	9	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bay of Skaill (calm at Stromness 16 km from Bay of Skaill). 0.9m 8s swell from the W to make surfable waves.
43 minutes ago Bay of Skaill

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16 km away, 43 min ago

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14.5

Air / Water (°C)

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