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Birsay Bay Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

0.7m @ 11secs
265°

Wind

11kph
199° -

Temperature

Sea 9°c    Air 13°c
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Stromness
Hours from midnight
First Light: 3:08am - Sunrise: 4:18am
Sunset: 10:02pm - Last Light 11:11pm
(Stromness - 12mi away) [Help]
low 5:27am 0.5m
high 11:27am 2.6m
low 5:22pm 0.5m
high 11:45pm 2.8m
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
Thu 24/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.83m 10secs 274.02° 0.66m 11secs 264.8° 0.44m 9secs 14.69° 0.25m 3secs 147.13°
3am 0.79m 10secs 271.82° 0.64m 11secs 264.52° 0.42m 9secs 15.63° 0.19m 3secs 216.52°
6am 0.76m 10secs 270.88° 0.6m 11secs 264.3° 0.4m 9secs 16.37° 0.23m 3secs 281.14°
9am 0.74m 10secs 270.2° 0.63m 11secs 266.04° 0.38m 9secs 16.24°      
12pm 0.74m 11secs 268.4° 0.65m 11secs 265.33° 0.37m 9secs 16.36°      
3pm 0.73m 10secs 266.42° 0.65m 11secs 263.8° 0.35m 9secs 16.61°      
6pm 0.69m 10secs 266.33° 0.61m 10secs 263.15° 0.33m 9secs 16.85°      
9pm 0.64m 10secs 270.82° 0.56m 10secs 262.89° 0.31m 9secs 17.12°      
Fri 25/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.59m 10secs 271.36° 0.52m 10secs 263.2° 0.29m 9secs 17.41°      
3am 0.55m 9secs 272.35° 0.48m 10secs 263.59° 0.27m 9secs 17.77°      
6am 0.51m 9secs 284.14° 0.45m 9secs 264.36° 0.25m 9secs 18.16°      
9am 0.48m 9secs 288.29° 0.42m 9secs 265.31° 0.23m 9secs 18.56°      
12pm 0.47m 9secs 293.43° 0.39m 9secs 266.1° 0.21m 9secs 18.85° 0.14m 2secs 75.19°
3pm 0.48m 9secs 304.01° 0.32m 8secs 269.93° 0.19m 9secs 19.19° 0.24m 2secs 88.76°
6pm 0.52m 9secs 312.21° 0.3m 8secs 271.95° 0.18m 8secs 19.52° 0.34m 3secs 98.39°
9pm 0.53m 8secs 316.79° 0.28m 7secs 272.73° 0.16m 8secs 19.86° 0.38m 3secs 104.23°
Sat 26/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.49m 8secs 316.53° 0.26m 7secs 275.2° 0.15m 8secs 20.21° 0.36m 3secs 106.63°
3am 0.47m 8secs 312.4° 0.25m 7secs 276.35° 0.14m 9secs 257.43° 0.35m 3secs 108.9°
6am 0.43m 8secs 306.31° 0.24m 7secs 276.89° 0.12m 8secs 20.86° 0.31m 3secs 111.97°
9am 0.4m 7secs 283.78° 0.22m 6secs 278.27° 0.12m 9secs 257.92° 0.26m 3secs 114.52°
12pm 0.38m 6secs 283.4° 0.22m 6secs 278.75° 0.11m 9secs 256.93° 0.25m 2secs 113.81°
3pm 0.4m 6secs 283.28° 0.22m 6secs 279.32° 0.14m 10secs 261.34° 0.29m 2secs 112.93°
6pm 0.39m 8secs 293.75° 0.22m 6secs 280.06° 0.12m 10secs 264.98° 0.28m 3secs 114.58°
9pm 0.38m 8secs 291.61° 0.23m 7secs 281.21° 0.12m 10secs 267.79° 0.26m 2secs 118.2°
Sun 27/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.38m 10secs 269.98° 0.23m 7secs 283.14° 0.15m 10secs 267.63° 0.26m 2secs 124.48°
3am 0.37m 10secs 273.16° 0.23m 7secs 284.05° 0.16m 10secs 270.62° 0.24m 2secs 127.67°
6am 0.36m 10secs 274.67° 0.23m 7secs 284.63° 0.17m 10secs 273.09° 0.2m 2secs 131.2°
9am 0.36m 9secs 275.33° 0.22m 7secs 284.46° 0.2m 9secs 275.02° 0.17m 2secs 139.23°
12pm 0.36m 9secs 275.63° 0.22m 9secs 275.19° 0.22m 6secs 284.14° 0.15m 2secs 139.06°
3pm 0.36m 9secs 274.8° 0.25m 9secs 274.96° 0.2m 6secs 283.97° 0.13m 2secs 137.47°
6pm 0.36m 9secs 273.84° 0.27m 9secs 274.38° 0.18m 6secs 280.28° 0.14m 7secs 76.39°
9pm 0.36m 9secs 274.4° 0.29m 9secs 273.73° 0.16m 6secs 279.8°      
Mon 28/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.37m 8secs 273.48° 0.33m 8secs 274.37° 0.15m 12secs 278.66°      
3am 0.39m 8secs 272.37° 0.32m 8secs 273.9° 0.21m 11secs 277.45°      
6am 0.43m 11secs 278.1° 0.29m 8secs 273.15° 0.27m 11secs 276.13° 0.14m 2secs 9.11°
9am 0.5m 10secs 277.55° 0.33m 10secs 275.17° 0.27m 8secs 272.67° 0.25m 3secs 11.74°
12pm 0.6m 10secs 276.38° 0.44m 10secs 274.15°       0.4m 3secs 19.83°
3pm 0.68m 10secs 275.96° 0.44m 10secs 274.17°       0.52m 3secs 24.83°
6pm 0.7m 9secs 275.91° 0.42m 9secs 274.49°       0.56m 4secs 24.27°
9pm 0.71m 9secs 276.38° 0.4m 9secs 275.13° 0.14m 11secs 346.35° 0.57m 4secs 21.43°
Tue 29/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.75m 9secs 290.83° 0.37m 9secs 276.19° 0.33m 11secs 348.05° 0.55m 5secs 16.23°
3am 0.81m 9secs 315.04° 0.53m 5secs 12.68° 0.5m 10secs 349.56°      
6am 0.87m 10secs 349.03° 0.62m 10secs 350.94° 0.5m 5secs 8.9°      
9am 0.89m 10secs 350.15° 0.83m 10secs 355.97° 0.25m 8secs 283.42°      
12pm 0.91m 10secs 351.01° 0.85m 10secs 355.49° 0.25m 8secs 280.47°      
3pm 0.94m 10secs 352.42° 0.9m 10secs 355.09° 0.27m 8secs 280.03°      
6pm 1m 10secs 353.49° 0.96m 10secs 355.33° 0.24m 8secs 286.93°      
9pm 1.05m 10secs 353.83° 1.02m 10secs 356.38° 0.24m 8secs 282.19°      
Wed 30/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.08m 9secs 353.91° 1.05m 9secs 357.8° 0.22m 7secs 290.25°      
3am 1.09m 9secs 354.54° 1.06m 9secs 358.89° 0.21m 7secs 289.16°      
6am 1.08m 9secs 356.55° 1.05m 9secs 359.74° 0.19m 7secs 292.51°      
9am 1.06m 9secs 356.21° 1.03m 9secs 0.61° 0.19m 10secs 269.33°      
12pm 1.04m 9secs 355.6° 1.01m 9secs 1.41° 0.2m 9secs 270.24°      
3pm 1.06m 9secs 355.32° 1.03m 9secs 2.78° 0.26m 9secs 277.94°      
6pm 1.12m 10secs 4.75° 1.09m 10secs 4.3° 0.26m 9secs 277.11°      
9pm 1.2m 10secs 5.54° 1.17m 11secs 5.09° 0.23m 9secs 271.45°      
Thu 31/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.6m 10secs 2.73° 0.38m 5secs 4.41° 0.7m 9secs 357.07°      
3am 1.6m 10secs 2.73° 0.38m 5secs 4.41° 0.7m 9secs 357.07°      
6am 5m 11secs 2.69°             1.5m 11secs 352.39°
9am 5m 11secs 2.69°             1.5m 11secs 352.39°
12pm 4.5m 10secs 3.88°             1.38m 10secs 353.4°
3pm 4.5m 10secs 3.88°             1.38m 10secs 353.4°
6pm 2.6m 10secs 5.49° 0.65m 10secs 3.99°       1.4m 3secs 133.51°
9pm 2.6m 10secs 5.49° 0.65m 10secs 3.99°       1.4m 3secs 133.51°
Fri 1/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.3m 10secs 5.42° 0.6m 10secs 4.16°       1.2m 3secs 142.66°
3am 2.3m 10secs 5.42° 0.6m 10secs 4.16°       1.2m 3secs 142.66°
6am 2m 10secs 5.36° 0.55m 10secs 4.16°       0.9m 3secs 146.43°
9am 2m 10secs 5.36° 0.55m 10secs 4.16°       0.9m 3secs 146.43°
12pm 2.1m 9secs 5.1° 0.64m 9secs 359.33° 0.2m 8secs 283.9°      
3pm 2.1m 9secs 5.1° 0.64m 9secs 359.33° 0.2m 8secs 283.9°      
6pm 2.1m 9secs 4.33° 0.63m 9secs 0.56°            
9pm 2.1m 9secs 4.33° 0.63m 9secs 0.56°            
Sat 2/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.5m 9secs 7.3° 0.77m 9secs 353.23°            
3am 2.5m 9secs 7.3° 0.77m 9secs 353.23°            

Last Model Run: 23rd May 2012 1:00pm
Last Update: 24th May 2012 12:15am
All times local time (BST) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
K7 Buoy
(64046)
Swell2.3m 7secs
Wind24kph 
2:00pm Tue 24th January
North Sea
(62114)
Swell0m 0secs
Wind30kph 
11:00pm Wed 23rd May
North Sea
(63112)
Swell1m 6secs
Wind32kph 
11:00pm Wed 23rd May
Swell from these wavebuoys might not reach this beach. This is intended as a general overview of swell running in the area. Click a buoy for detailed location information.
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