Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

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

How big are the waves at Mill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mill Bay at 4PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
3
SE
2.4
SE
0.1
N
0.4
E
0.2
E
0.1
N
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
0.1
NW
0.1
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
SE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1111991010101077771186677656667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3813191405968231821414118124412828484480107163215317439
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
50
SSE
50
S
50
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:01-------5:58
Sunset---8:16-------8:19-------8:22----
light rain
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C789888777777777777777766
Feels °C (?)-3-3-2-3-4-4-4-2-1110-2-111210-2-2-3-5-5
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