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Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 25 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 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 8PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)--
Afternoon (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (25 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.8
WSW
1.6
W
1.8
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
3
WSW
5.5
WSW
7
W
8.5
W
9
W
8.5
W
8
W
Period(s) (?)99997889999121289101010111416171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1641301017812439533150911898744347591669908758587766200169491948137207455923985933255
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
35
SW
25
WNW
20
SSE
35
S
55
WSW
40
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
60
SSW
70
SSW
75
SW
80
SW
80
SSW
80
SW
75
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		offcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
2.29
11:51AM
2.56
12:35AM
2.17
12:46PM
2.48
1:48AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
0.75
5:39AM
0.93
6:26PM
0.83
6:27AM
1.04
7:24PM
0.85
7:29AM
1.13
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise------8:29-------8:30-------8:33-
Sunset3:32-------3:30-------3:29-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C888778889109101212121212111098889
Feels °C (?)311-1-10-10145315666-2-5-7-9-9-9-6
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