Grim Ness Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Grim Ness surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 GMT

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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 11.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Grim Ness today?

The current surf forecast for Grim Ness at 10PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	6s
Evening (18 Nov)	7.5ft (2.3m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	N	N
Period(s) (?)	6	12	7	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	290	1064	475	708	1102	1329	1459	1466	1354	1466	1583	2302	2347	1422	1198	938	769	562	346	204	158	98	67	45
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	W	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:17PM 2.39				10:37AM 2.43				10:54PM 2.42				11:09AM 2.46				11:31PM 2.42				11:41AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.57				4:22AM 0.48				4:40PM 0.48				4:52AM 0.50				5:11PM 0.43				5:22AM 0.54

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	3:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Feels °C (?)	-8	-7	-8	-8	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-7	-6	-7	-6	-5	-4	-2	-1	-1	0	-2	-3

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