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Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 24 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
8.2° 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 2AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (25 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (25 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010999998888877788999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22792013153611511126110110269348086085214233563494405989291235153016381759220128153421
Wind
(km/h)
55
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
45
SE
55
SE
55
SE
60
SE
60
SE
55
ESE
60
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
2.12
2:30PM
2.34
3:20AM
2.05
3:28PM
2.21
4:22AM
2.00
4:43PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.29
8:04AM
0.65
8:47PM
0.43
8:59AM
0.76
9:47PM
0.60
10:12AM
0.85
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise----8:34-------8:33-------8:30---
Sunset------4:09-------4:12-------4:15-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---11111-------------122
Temp. °C455555544444444555555445
Feels °C (?)-9-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-9-10-10-9
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