Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 BST
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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
7.4° 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 3PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
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0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
NW
2.3
SE
3
SE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)777777991010998815678991010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135109125116751051862272482101211401271284244249471638210421021713154115271194
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
25
W
20
WSW
5
SE
35
SE
45
SE
55
SE
60
SE
70
SE
60
SSE
60
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
1.98
4:13PM
1.78
4:28AM
1.87
5:39PM
1.69
5:56AM
1.85
7:10PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.92
9:35PM
1.13
10:48AM
1.03
11:06PM
1.20
12:46PM
0.98
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:15-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:12-------8:15--
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--12---11--------2575---
Temp. °C1186667666666665566665677
Feels °C (?)663-1-11-1-1-4-3-103-3-6-7-7-9-7-6-3-2-3-4
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