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Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 08 Dec 2025 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
9.9° 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 5PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 20s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (08 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (08 Dec)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
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 (?)
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
SE
1.3
SE
1.8
SE
3
SE
3
SE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)788887775678888879101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15917614215194523454682098671001101066427228810
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
SW
15
W
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
30
ESE
40
SE
50
ESE
65
ESE
60
SSE
60
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
65
SW
75
WSW
75
WSW
80
WSW
65
WSW
55
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29PM
2.68
1:20AM
2.34
1:20PM
2.58
2:17AM
2.16
2:13PM
2.45
3:16AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.46
6:44PM
0.09
6:51AM
0.61
7:40PM
0.22
7:42AM
0.76
8:42PM
0.36
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise8:48-------8:51-------8:52-------
Sunset--3:14-------3:12-------3:11-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--------181-------4-1-1
Temp. °C9991010999109101111101010109101011111111
Feels °C (?)655766521-2-3-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-5-4-5-20
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