Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
7.5° 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 9AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
1.8
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
2.4
WNW
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.2
NW
1
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.6
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)1488121111101410991818171717171616158888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)247441420748629718113008911010349685314670275286836576337101074693154874633
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
25
W
30
SW
55
S
65
SW
55
WSW
55
W
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
W
50
W
50
WNW
60
WNW
60
W
70
WNW
65
WNW
55
WNW
40
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
30
SSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43PM
2.08
8:41AM
2.28
9:37PM
2.22
9:33AM
2.45
10:19PM
2.35
10:16AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
0.86
3:10PM
0.34
3:22AM
0.68
3:54PM
0.17
4:02AM
0.52
4:31PM
0.07
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:47-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset-------7:44-------7:45-------7:49
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C666566555665566777767101010
Feels °C (?)-4-1-2-7-7-7-8-8-7-6-6-7-8-8-9-7-6-3010322
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