Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 16 Feb 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
6.9° 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 8AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Feb)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
2.5
N
2.2
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)91112121212121212121213131313131212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20353887467940093027200113321122895786786103712471121976839692584575488400259192146
Wind
(km/h)
65
N
60
NNW
60
NNW
55
NNW
45
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
W
5
W
5
S
15
SE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SSE
50
SSE
50
S
50
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25PM
2.31
10:27AM
2.63
10:58PM
2.39
10:59AM
2.72
11:31PM
2.44
11:32AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.45
4:36PM
0.12
4:36AM
0.34
5:07PM
0.00
5:09AM
0.28
5:40PM
-0.05
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----7:41-------7:37-------7:35---
Sunset------5:07-------5:09-------5:13-
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C422223444433344444444444
Feels °C (?)-11-13-12-11-10-6-4-2-11-1-2-4-4-5-6-6-6-6-6-7-8-8-8
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