Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 24 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
7.5° 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 3PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.4m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (24 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
NW
0.4
N
0.2
N
2.3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NNW
4
NNW
4
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
3.5
N
3.5
NNW
2.5
N
2.3
N
2.1
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
Period(s) (?)101016101014101212131312121212121111111112121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75506531820561354286145595346525648724486397635603021186812551030994865674426344
Wind
(km/h)
70
WSW
65
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
45
WNW
55
WNW
60
NW
60
NW
60
NW
60
NW
60
NW
60
NNW
55
NNW
60
NW
55
NW
55
NW
35
NNW
20
NW
15
WSW
25
S
50
SSE
45
SSW
40
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
2.34
2:24AM
2.19
3:14PM
2.11
3:33AM
2.05
4:45PM
1.96
5:03AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
0.40
7:58PM
0.64
8:28AM
0.58
9:02PM
0.90
9:53AM
0.73
10:39PM
1.05
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise6:01------5:58-------5:56-------5:52
Sunset---6:31-------6:35-------6:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-11-----1------11--
Temp. °C777665443334433334433677
Feels °C (?)-8-7-4-4-5-8-10-10-11-12-12-10-10-11-11-10-7-3-1-5-8-4-2-3
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