Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 09 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
7.3° 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 2PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.9
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.5
WNW
1.4
SSE
0.3
NW
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
0.1
NW
2.1
SSE
1.4
SSE
2.1
W
0.9
SE
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
2.3
S
2.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)141413969910131312615891399129141379
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44325222277003500700010771152500
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
5
SW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
45
S
60
SSE
70
S
40
SSW
60
S
75
W
60
W
50
SW
50
SW
55
S
60
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
2.18
2:07AM
2.05
2:38PM
1.98
2:53AM
1.91
3:40PM
1.80
4:06AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.61
7:42PM
0.77
7:59AM
0.79
8:20PM
0.98
8:50AM
0.98
9:17PM
1.16
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:39-------
Sunset--5:57-------5:59--------6:01----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1--1-----1-
Temp. °C788778777788788766666766
Feels °C (?)1135321-1-1-10-2-6-6-1-6-10-8-5-5-7-6-4-5
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