Rackwick surf break

Rackwick surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 GMT
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Rackwick surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rackwick sea temperature is
7.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rackwick today?

The current surf forecast for Rackwick at 5AM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (05 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3
WNW
4
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)131212161514141413131313131312121214141515171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14201039833246025932948292630302809241221541915171215091382161723103305444858766617460788696766
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
40
W
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
3.12
9:27AM
3.43
9:53PM
3.09
10:00AM
3.32
10:23PM
3.01
10:32AM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.14
3:48PM
-0.09
3:56AM
0.18
4:20PM
0.06
4:28AM
0.28
4:50PM
0.28
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----7:00-------6:56-------6:54---
Sunset------5:51-------5:52-------5:55-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----111----------------
Temp. °C998910766777655655557891111
Feels °C (?)21-112-1-2-100000-10-3-3-4-4-20265
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