Saviskaill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Oct 2025 BST
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Saviskaill Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Saviskaill Bay sea temperature is
13.3° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Saviskaill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Saviskaill Bay at 9PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)--
Afternoon (02 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (02 Oct)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.8
WSW
1.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
2.3
SW
2.5
W
5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
NW
6.5
NW
6.5
NW
6
NW
5.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
Period(s) (?)11111111121111111110101010611131314141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492418338289266772757184223177987910205155761126151389117604167141459412750899660004330
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
45
SSE
55
S
60
SSE
50
S
50
W
30
WSW
20
S
50
SSE
75
SE
80
S
85
S
70
WSW
75
WNW
75
W
90
W
90
WNW
85
WNW
85
WNW
80
WNW
70
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
2.35
7:09AM
2.31
7:10PM
2.58
7:50AM
2.54
7:48PM
2.84
8:27AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.88
1:03PM
0.98
1:35AM
0.55
1:45PM
0.72
2:13AM
0.22
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:20-------7:22-------7:24-
Sunset6:44-------6:40-------6:37-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
15224---1121321131211----
Temp. °C141314131312121213121210121099999910111112
Feels °C (?)1154232683-3-4-7-2-5-7-9-9-8-8-7-5-2-13
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Saviskaill Bay (fresh winds from the SSE at Kirkwall 25 km from Saviskaill Bay). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the W to make surfable waves.

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25 km away, 1 h 13 min ago

35 km/h
SSE
0.0
13.3
Air / Water (°C)
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