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Birsay Bay Surf Forecast
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Birsay Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 BST
How big are the waves at Birsay Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Birsay Bay at 3PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Birsay Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 125 | 153 | 173 | 162 | 162 | 207 | 230 | 230 | 194 | 194 | 198 | 164 | 164 | 130 | 100 | 100 | 73 | 50 | 47 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 28 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:02AM 2.52 | 7:00PM 2.79 | 7:43AM 2.67 | 7:41PM 2.91 | 8:17AM 2.80 | 8:17PM 3.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:56PM 0.85 | 1:28AM 0.37 | 1:39PM 0.67 | 2:05AM 0.25 | 2:15PM 0.51 | 2:36AM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney
light winds from the E at Wick Airport mean that it is cross-off at Birsay Bay. 0.9m 9s swell from the N with a 0.4m 8s swell from the NW and a 0.3m 8s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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