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Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 16 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
6.9° 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 1PM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (16 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (16 Feb)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
2
N
1.8
NNW
1.6
ESE
3
N
4.5
N
4.5
N
4
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.4
N
1.9
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
2
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.7
N
Period(s) (?)91110991091212121212111211111111121614141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)269548569661577502123249025497459337402385147895910198147267396661938179716501218946
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
NW
40
N
45
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
70
N
65
N
60
NNW
55
NNW
50
N
35
NNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
10
N
5
NNW
0
W
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
2.49
10:25PM
2.31
10:27AM
2.63
10:58PM
2.39
10:59AM
2.72
11:31PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.29
4:04AM
0.45
4:36PM
0.12
4:36AM
0.34
5:07PM
0.00
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise--7:43-------7:41-------7:37-----
Sunset----5:05-------5:07-------5:09---
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rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---1------2----------
Temp. °C665444442233335443333333
Feels °C (?)01-5-7-6-5-12-11-13-12-10-7-5-3-3-4-3-2-100-1-1-1
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