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Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 08 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
8.6° 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 3AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1
SE
0.6
E
2
SE
2.2
SE
2.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.1
SE
2.2
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
Period(s) (?)77766888910101010101010997788910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14717612811672414776471057120012801169114911861092598424631000000
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
45
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
50
S
55
S
60
S
70
SSE
70
S
65
S
60
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
2.10
2:29PM
2.39
3:20AM
1.98
3:19PM
2.20
4:11AM
1.90
4:15PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
0.26
7:59AM
0.72
8:51PM
0.46
8:48AM
0.85
9:42PM
0.65
9:50AM
0.97
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----8:59-------8:57-------8:56---
Sunset------3:34-------3:37-------3:38-
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light rain
light rain
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----12-------1------5673
Temp. °C666666665555555555544556
Feels °C (?)00-2-2-1-4-4-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-5-7-8-10-11-10-9-7
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