Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
7.4° 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 6PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (25 Mar)13ft (4.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
NNW
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.4
N
2
N
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNE
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.7
N
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)121313131212121212111111121111111124231019181810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4672560258375629471646974396376125681452934460374584426297188106134963361348833729
Wind
(km/h)
60
NW
65
NNW
65
NNW
65
NNW
65
NW
70
NW
60
NW
55
NW
45
NW
30
NW
10
W
30
S
50
S
45
SSW
40
W
35
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
60
SW
65
WSW
65
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:14PM
2.11
3:33AM
2.05
4:45PM
1.96
5:03AM
2.01
6:25PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
0.58
9:02PM
0.90
9:53AM
0.73
10:39PM
1.05
11:46AM
0.72
12:24AM
1.01
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise5:58------5:56-------5:52-------5:50
Sunset---6:35-------6:37-------6:38----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11111--------1---1-1--11
Temp. °C443343334443467766665546
Feels °C (?)-10-11-12-12-11-13-12-11-8-5-1-5-8-4-2-2-5-5-5-6-8-8-10-8
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