Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
6.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mill Bay at 1PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
E
0.6
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)11101099888777777787101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111018168712111716910105522269157165173165123
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
35
S
25
SSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
2.26
2:11PM
2.38
2:45AM
2.13
3:12PM
2.18
3:48AM
2.01
4:36PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.50
8:17PM
0.51
8:36AM
0.66
9:17PM
0.76
9:51AM
0.80
10:45PM
0.94
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise--7:24-------7:22-------7:18-----
Sunset----5:22-------5:24-------5:28---
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--1----------------121-1
Temp. °C766778887777788888888887
Feels °C (?)002235541001121011025663
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