Grim Ness Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Grim Ness surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 BST

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Grim Ness surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Grim Ness sea temperature is 13.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Grim Ness today?

The current surf forecast for Grim Ness at 9PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Evening (18 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s

Table - waves today at Grim Ness. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	10 AM	1 PM
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	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	3	3	4	5	6	6	8	8	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	9	9	6	4	4	3	13	27	39	44	56	167	146	195	233	124	66	92	87	64	76	70	55	45
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 2.01				8:59AM 2.08				9:21PM 2.13					10:13AM 2.20				10:23PM 2.33				11:09AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52PM 0.93				2:36AM 0.76				3:19PM 0.89				3:55AM 0.59					4:22PM 0.79				4:54AM 0.40

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Feels °C (?)	9	8	9	10	10	8	6	4	6	6	7	7	8	8	6	7	7	5	5	7	6	6	6	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Grim Ness (light winds from the NNE at Kirkwall Airport 14 km from Grim Ness). 0.2m 2s local chop from the NNE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 28 minutes ago Grim Ness

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1 h 28 min ago

9 km/h

NNE

Clean

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