Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 19 Jul 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
13.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
W
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)998910989991312121211111010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)681581110881010204540827710111713012712290855958
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
15
N
10
ENE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
E
35
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
2.64
4:16PM
2.43
4:38AM
2.57
5:28PM
2.50
5:57AM
2.59
6:36PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
0.88
9:54AM
0.67
10:23PM
0.93
11:10AM
0.75
11:47PM
0.85
12:25PM
0.74
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise---4:31-------4:33-------4:35----
Sunset10:07-------10:06-------10:04-------
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Rain (mm)
--------11-----------231
Temp. °C161616141315151514151415141415141414141414141414
Feels °C (?)1515151310121311101091211101189991012141110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bay of Skaill (calm at Stromness 16 km from Bay of Skaill). 0.3m 8s swell from the W with a 0.2m 6s windswell from the NNE and a 0.1m 3s local chop from the W as well as a 0.1m 2s local chop from the N. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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N
10.0
13.6
Air / Water (°C)
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