Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 07 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
10.0° 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 4AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

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)

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
SE
1.2
SE
1.9
SE
3
SE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)87777788877646788899101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)393305231155159181138118945133515523394951010667777
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
25
S
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SE
40
SE
50
ESE
70
ESE
60
SSE
60
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
65
SSW
70
SW
80
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
2.51
12:29PM
2.68
1:20AM
2.34
1:20PM
2.58
2:17AM
2.16
2:13PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.46
6:44PM
0.09
6:51AM
0.61
7:40PM
0.22
7:42AM
0.76
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise----8:48-------8:51-------8:52---
Sunset------3:14-------3:12-------3:11-
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
16311--------181------52
Temp. °C9888899999910109101111101010109910
Feels °C (?)2345455555541-2-4-1-2-2-2-2-3-5-5-6
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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