Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 Mar 2026 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
7.3° 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 11AM is: 8.0m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)26ft (8.0m)17s
Afternoon (30 Mar)26ft (8.0m)17s
Evening (30 Mar)21ft (6.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
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0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
8
WNW
8
WNW
8.5
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)171717171716161616151414131313121212121211111114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33642390803982238025323592602320788137361061772585890495437783691346835033892368522211570123010166511830
Wind
(km/h)
55
W
60
WNW
60
WNW
60
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
N
35
N
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
2.94
8:24PM
2.80
8:24AM
3.10
8:59PM
2.93
9:01AM
3.20
9:30PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
0.69
2:08PM
0.20
2:19AM
0.49
2:46PM
0.05
2:56AM
0.33
3:20PM
-0.02
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:47-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset-----7:49-------7:52-------7:53--
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11-------1-------22233--
Temp. °C66666777669910111111106433466
Feels °C (?)-7-7-8-8-7-5-3-2-1-110244440-4-6-5-5-2-2
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