Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 02 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
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mill Bay at 2AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (03 Dec)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (03 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)111111101011111111101010777888888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6159578011215019415615311510880373362429407567684789929881604452554
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
60
SE
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
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
2.44
8:37AM
2.47
8:51PM
2.58
9:22AM
2.60
9:46PM
2.67
10:08AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
0.18
2:34PM
0.35
2:59AM
0.14
3:22PM
0.17
3:46AM
0.16
4:11PM
0.04
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise----8:41-------8:41-------8:44---
Sunset------3:18-------3:17-------3:15-
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1----22---
Temp. °C1099999999999999999988888
Feels °C (?)21110000111100-1-2-21211-2-3-5
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