Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 25 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
6.7° 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 12AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)--
Afternoon (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)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
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
1.2
SE
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.3
NW
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)98121211111010101098982221121581313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119861181349956707070462816413518182511259495459526511444
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
S
30
S
35
S
40
SSW
45
SW
40
SW
45
SW
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
2.02
5:15AM
1.96
6:19PM
1.99
6:47AM
2.05
7:47PM
2.10
8:00AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45PM
0.94
11:39AM
0.83
12:29AM
0.95
1:15PM
0.66
1:45AM
0.82
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise------7:16-------7:13-------7:11-
Sunset5:28-------5:30-------5:32-------
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
41-1-2-111--------------
Temp. °C788777778887776556655555
Feels °C (?)455222300-1-2-2-3-3-4-5-5-3-3-4-3-3-2-2
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