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Bay of Skaill surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 20 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
10.9° 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 3AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (21 Nov)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
1
N
1.7
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
W
2
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)1010101010106799910121312121211111111121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90863749443127318621154364169539953560484811181029978894792694663617573483
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NW
20
W
30
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
35
W
20
W
15
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
20
ESE
25
ESE
35
E
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
2.88
8:46AM
2.96
9:06PM
2.83
9:18AM
2.93
9:40PM
2.74
9:52AM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.46
3:02PM
0.41
3:13AM
0.52
3:37PM
0.46
3:47AM
0.60
4:13PM
0.54
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise----8:18-------8:19-------8:22---
Sunset------3:38-------3:37-------3:34-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------1-1----1--------11
Temp. °C66665559910109899998899999
Feels °C (?)-10-1-3-4-5-5-21563132355321-1-1-2
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