Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 09 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
9.9° 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: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 09). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (10 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (10 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.6
N
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)88899991010101088812121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128766626788202160695811715017413214010097698641
Wind
(km/h)
65
SSE
70
SW
75
SW
70
SW
65
SW
65
SW
75
WSW
80
WSW
70
WSW
65
WSW
65
WSW
45
WSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
25
SSW
30
S
40
S
35
W
20
SW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
2.16
2:13PM
2.45
3:16AM
2.01
3:10PM
2.31
4:19AM
1.92
4:11PM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
0.22
7:42AM
0.76
8:42PM
0.36
8:39AM
0.90
9:48PM
0.49
9:49AM
0.99
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise----8:52-------8:53-------8:55---
Sunset------3:11-------3:11-------3:11-
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----11----------------
Temp. °C121110101010910111111111011101110101089999
Feels °C (?)-1-3-6-5-4-4-7-7-3-2-21323443204433
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