Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 26 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
10.6° 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: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)--
Afternoon (26 Nov)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (26 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
2
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.4
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
3
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
7
WSW
9
W
8.5
W
7
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
6
WNW
5
NW
4.5
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)1099121212111111101011151717171616111213131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1083961481957722607688792639157534375900228934504342399296131500014602892174327338560938003148
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
20
W
5
SSW
10
ENE
20
ENE
10
ESE
25
SSW
30
SSW
45
SSW
60
SW
70
SSW
75
SSW
80
SSW
90
SW
80
SW
60
WSW
60
W
60
WNW
55
NW
50
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
2.17
12:46PM
2.48
1:48AM
2.11
1:52PM
2.44
3:04AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
0.83
6:27AM
1.04
7:24PM
0.85
7:29AM
1.13
8:32PM
0.81
8:43AM
1.14
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise------8:30-------8:33-------8:34-
Sunset3:30-------3:29-------3:27-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
3222312121---241-1111--1
Temp. °C99999101212121099889987666655
Feels °C (?)158758764-3-6-7-9-11-7-4-5-6-7-6-4-4-4-4
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