Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 08 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
7.1° 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 11AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)--
Afternoon (08 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (08 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.6
SE
0.6
WNW
0.1
N
0.6
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
NW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
Period(s) (?)111514151514161615151010106139610101312121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50044455442222702262270055
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
W
20
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
45
S
60
SSE
55
S
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
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
2.39
1:32AM
2.20
1:53PM
2.18
2:07AM
2.05
2:38PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:47AM
0.46
7:09PM
0.55
7:21AM
0.61
7:42PM
0.77
7:59AM
0.79
8:20PM
0.98
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise--6:48-------6:45-------6:43-----
Sunset----5:54-------5:57-------5:59---
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C875567997777787787778878
Feels °C (?)21-1-11233122233220-1-1-10-2-5-4
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