Saviskaill Bay Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Orkney (6 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Saviskaill Bay surfForecast / Scot – Orkney / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 16 Aug 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 13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Saviskaill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Saviskaill Bay at 6AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (16 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

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		Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	N	WNW	WNW	WNW	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	94	84	98	138	137	128	126	107	118	156	123	116	111	111	113	108	108	111	102	106	88	90	77	74
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			2:12AM 2.74				2:54PM 2.46				3:24AM 2.52					4:09PM 2.37				4:56AM 2.40				5:37PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.65				8:38AM 0.63				9:03PM 0.84				9:49AM 0.89					10:30PM 0.95				11:20AM 1.00

		Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Feels °C (?)	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Orkney

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Saviskaill Bay (light winds from the WSW at Kirkwall 25 km from Saviskaill Bay). 0.7m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 8s swell from the NNW and a 0.5m 8s swell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 34 minutes ago Saviskaill Bay

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25 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

11 km/h

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0.0

13.9

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