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Mill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 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
8.7° 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 2PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
SE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
1
SE
0.8
SE
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
E
2
E
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)89910101099988688668991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77687887883379947243128623816911074121281531312583187991196135212831215
Wind
(km/h)
45
ESE
45
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SSE
35
SSE
20
WSW
15
SSW
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
2.72
1:47AM
2.23
1:44PM
2.58
2:32AM
2.10
2:29PM
2.39
3:20AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.48
7:18PM
0.10
7:14AM
0.59
8:04PM
0.26
7:59AM
0.72
8:51PM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-9:00-------9:00------8:59-------
Sunset--3:32-------3:33-------3:34-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1----32---1-----1-651--1
Temp. °C555433344445556666545655
Feels °C (?)-6-7-6-6-7-5-3-2-3-5-4-2-2-20122-4-5-6-3-3-3
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