Mill Bay Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 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 14.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mill Bay at 6PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Sep)	-	-
Evening (02 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	E	ESE	SE	SE	SE	E	ESE	SE	ESE	SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	6	7	8	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	0	0	143	122	119	100	99	67	43	33	38	52	47	72	92	184	441	343	168	26	20	45	10	32
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	W	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	N	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	S	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					7:18PM 1.83				8:09AM 1.82				8:29PM 1.98				9:09AM 1.96				9:18PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 1.16					1:53AM 1.03				2:12PM 1.03				2:52AM 0.82				3:00PM 0.86				3:33AM 0.58

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	13
Feels °C (?)	10	10	10	12	13	14	12	10	12	10	11	12	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Mill Bay (moderate winds from the SSE at Kirkwall Airport 26 km from Mill Bay). No surfable waves
2 hours 5 minutes ago Mill Bay

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26 km away, 2 h 5 min ago

26 km/h

SSE

0.0

14.2

Air / Water (°C)

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