Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 26 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
8.1° 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 10PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 26). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)--
Afternoon (26 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (26 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
Period(s) (?)77888889101010111111111110101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)476589946823952933132019812625300833153811388438793405311327312560226719581662145312811304
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
ESE
60
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
60
SE
60
SE
55
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
55
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
2.21
4:22AM
2.00
4:43PM
2.10
5:38AM
1.99
6:12PM
2.08
6:58AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
0.60
10:12AM
0.85
11:06PM
0.73
11:44AM
0.84
12:32AM
0.76
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------8:30-------8:29-------8:26-
Sunset4:12-------4:15-------4:16-------
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--------111-11--1111---
Temp. °C665554555555555554454555
Feels °C (?)-5-6-8-8-8-9-9-10-9-10-10-9-9-8-8-7-7-8-8-7-8-7-7-8
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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