Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
8.6° 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 11PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
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 (?)
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
1.1
E
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
0.1
NW
3
SSE
4
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)8891010101010999118910101111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5436341037131999912491290240125510838345000000000000
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
50
S
70
SSE
75
SSE
75
S
65
S
65
S
65
S
65
SSE
60
S
45
S
60
SSE
70
S
80
SSW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29PM
2.39
3:20AM
1.98
3:19PM
2.20
4:11AM
1.90
4:15PM
2.03
5:09AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.46
8:48AM
0.85
9:42PM
0.65
9:50AM
0.97
10:43PM
0.81
11:08AM
1.03
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------8:57-------8:56-------8:56-
Sunset3:34-------3:37-------3:38-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------15631126----
Temp. °C6666555555665456788810997
Feels °C (?)-4-4-6-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-10-12-11-8-7-5-6-50-4-6-9
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