Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 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
11.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (05 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.9
SE
0.2
NNW
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
ENE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)1010101010810444777811111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8888895101917146775115125282272200156158121120117117116
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
NE
20
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
15
SE
15
SW
10
W
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
WSW
30
W
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
2.70
9:45AM
2.67
9:57PM
2.80
10:25AM
2.73
10:46PM
2.81
11:07AM
2.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
-0.08
3:38PM
0.13
4:03AM
-0.07
4:22PM
0.02
4:46AM
0.04
5:07PM
-0.01
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise----7:37-------7:39-------7:41---
Sunset------4:08-------4:07-------4:04-
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1432-----2--------
Temp. °C131212121212111212121212131313121212111111111111
Feels °C (?)679101085689101011119767456899
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