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Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
How big are the waves at Mill Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Mill Bay at 9PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Mill Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 65 | 87 | 85 | 171 | 202 | 202 | 164 | 132 | 106 | 135 | 63 | 110 | 98 | 138 | 164 | 298 | 585 | 548 | 467 | 546 | 1176 | 1934 | 1970 | 1651 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:14PM 2.35 | 10:01AM 2.27 | 9:59PM 2.50 | 10:39AM 2.36 | 10:37PM 2.62 | 11:12AM 2.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:04PM 0.78 | 3:37AM 0.32 | 3:46PM 0.62 | 4:16AM 0.17 | 4:22PM 0.49 | 4:50AM 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -1 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney
The wind is still cross-off at Mill Bay (fresh winds from the W at Kirkwall Airport 26 km from Mill Bay). 0.5m 10s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.
26 km away, 1 h 33 min ago
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