Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 10 Apr 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: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
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 (?)
1.5
ESE
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1
ESE
1
NW
2.3
SE
3
SE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3.5
SE
4
SE
3.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3.5
SSE
0.1
NW
3
SSE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)91515815688999999101010109159111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38368464913141842492818172082146713311299153518812635212416161522090222
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
15
W
10
S
30
SE
45
SE
55
SE
65
SE
70
SSE
55
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
60
SE
60
SSE
50
S
55
SSE
65
SSE
65
S
50
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
1.69
5:56AM
1.85
7:10PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
1.03
11:06PM
1.20
12:46PM
0.98
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:05-------6:03
Sunset---8:12-------8:15-------8:16----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1631-------------
Temp. °C777666676666777777887777
Feels °C (?)023-2-5-7-8-8-6-3-3-5-4-6-6-4-5-7-6-3-2-2-1-1
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