Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
7.5° 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 1AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)--
Evening (22 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.4
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.5
NW
Period(s) (?)161616151514131515151515141312121212121111111113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13921265114080962353685000335229532350159158561964754738029824215211285
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
35
S
40
SSW
45
WSW
50
W
45
W
50
WSW
50
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
30
W
30
SW
40
S
50
S
50
SSW
55
SSW
50
SW
60
SW
70
SW
75
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
2.58
12:24PM
2.71
12:49AM
2.49
1:10PM
2.55
1:32AM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
-0.04
6:00AM
0.16
6:27PM
0.13
6:41AM
0.25
7:09PM
0.37
7:29AM
0.40
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:07-------6:05-------6:01-
Sunset-6:24-------6:28-------6:30------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------111---1-1112---
Temp. °C778998666554556564689977
Feels °C (?)32120-2-5-5-6-7-8-8-6-6-2-3-3-7-5-3-1-4-8-10
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