Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 BST
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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
7.4° 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 6PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
3
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
1.6
NNW
1.2
NW
1
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)11111010109101717171616171691699999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29718413096898764556266318124731955355100323841872015499795636221212
Wind
(km/h)
65
SW
55
W
60
W
55
WNW
55
W
55
W
55
WNW
55
WNW
60
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
20
W
20
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
2.28
9:37PM
2.22
9:33AM
2.45
10:19PM
2.35
10:16AM
2.58
10:55PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
0.34
3:22AM
0.68
3:54PM
0.17
4:02AM
0.52
4:31PM
0.07
4:38AM
0.39
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:41-------6:37
Sunset---7:44-------7:45-------7:49----
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
41111111-------1-------1
Temp. °C66555655566777768910101110119
Feels °C (?)-7-7-8-8-8-7-8-8-9-9-9-6-4-21121235455
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