Birsay Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 BST
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Birsay Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Birsay Bay sea temperature is
7.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Birsay Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Birsay Bay at 7AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
4
4
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
N
0.8
WNW
2.1
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111131212111111161414141313131313131515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)140913098671189114487461333427529017842293209129313297345939033319294352924343373134483076
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
25
N
20
N
10
NNE
10
E
20
SE
35
SSE
45
SE
50
SE
45
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSW
45
WNW
45
W
40
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
35
W
25
WSW
15
SSW
30
SE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:30PM
3.02
9:34AM
3.23
9:59PM
3.06
10:07AM
3.19
10:28PM
3.05
10:39AM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.24
3:52PM
-0.00
4:02AM
0.21
4:22PM
0.09
4:34AM
0.23
4:52PM
0.24
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:37-------6:35-------6:31----
Sunset-------7:55-------7:59-------8:00
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------11472111-------1
Temp. °C655444455555465666555553
Feels °C (?)-3-3-2-1-1-3-5-6-7-6-4-4-7-4-5-5-5-4-5-4-30-3-6
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