Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 06 Dec 2025 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
10.0° 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 4AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Afternoon (07 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (07 Dec)6ft (1.9m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
SE
1
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
1
SE
0.2
N
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)999998888877888887667778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13041211115990781367853648043023820816420226813380412384914483655
Wind
(km/h)
45
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
SE
30
SSE
20
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
30
SE
45
SE
60
ESE
60
SSE
65
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
2.64
11:41AM
2.73
12:25AM
2.51
12:29PM
2.68
1:20AM
2.34
1:20PM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.33
5:51PM
0.01
6:04AM
0.46
6:44PM
0.09
6:51AM
0.61
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise----8:48-------8:48-------8:51---
Sunset------3:14-------3:14-------3:12-
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
-23-----474----------64-
Temp. °C109999910109779999910101099101112
Feels °C (?)111112323244322234520-2-1-2
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