Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 04 Jan 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
9.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mill Bay at 2AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (05 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (05 Jan)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
N
2.4
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.2
N
2
N
1.7
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
1.5
NE
1.3
NNE
2.4
N
3
N
2.5
N
1.9
N
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)1011101010101010101010999557887991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1359127115451307120394980860344131821916612910211580523985766389432471523463
Wind
(km/h)
40
NNE
35
N
45
N
45
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
20
WNW
15
SW
25
SSE
35
SE
30
E
30
NE
30
NNE
50
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
2.57
11:32AM
2.81
12:15AM
2.49
12:16PM
2.80
1:01AM
2.37
1:00PM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
0.35
5:45PM
-0.06
5:50AM
0.40
6:32PM
-0.02
6:32AM
0.48
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise-----9:02-------9:02-------9:00--
Sunset------3:27-------3:30-------3:32-
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11111-111----11141------
Temp. °C444443344421234334444443
Feels °C (?)-7-6-8-8-8-8-7-5-5-3-3-6-7-4-4-4-9-7-6-5-3-1-1-2
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