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Birsay Bay Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

5.5ft @ 11secs
278°

Wind

19mph
207° -

Temperature

Sea 8°c    Air 7°c
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Stromness
Hours from midnight
First Light: 7:15am - Sunrise: 7:58am
Sunset: 4:56pm - Last Light 5:39pm
(Stromness - 12mi away) [Help]
low 3:43am 0.3m
high 9:58am 3.5m
low 4:09pm 0.1m
high 10:23pm 3.4m
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
Fri 10/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.7ft 11secs 275.21° 5.7ft 11secs 276.37° 3.5ft 14secs 295.19°      
3am 7.9ft 14secs 290.57° 5.7ft 11secs 278.03° 4.9ft 14secs 292.79° 2.3ft 3secs 161.62°
6am 8.5ft 11secs 279.35° 8ft 11secs 283.99°       3.1ft 4secs 168.87°
9am 8.4ft 11secs 280.08° 7.8ft 11secs 282.56°       3.2ft 4secs 173.9°
12pm 7.7ft 11secs 280.14° 7.1ft 11secs 281.47°       2.9ft 4secs 177.7°
3pm 6.9ft 11secs 278.87° 6.4ft 11secs 280.03°       2.5ft 4secs 181.84°
6pm 6.2ft 11secs 277.17° 5.7ft 11secs 278.33°       2.4ft 4secs 193.07°
9pm 5.9ft 11secs 274.45° 5.7ft 11secs 271.95°       1.6ft 4secs 191.4°
Sat 11/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.1ft 11secs 272.99° 4.5ft 11secs 276.25°       4.2ft 6secs 254.73°
3am 6.2ft 11secs 271.26° 4.3ft 11secs 274.92°       4.6ft 6secs 259.16°
6am 6ft 11secs 271.73° 4.1ft 11secs 273.93°       4.4ft 6secs 262.61°
9am 5.4ft 11secs 271.32° 4ft 11secs 272.74°       3.6ft 6secs 268.11°
12pm 4.9ft 11secs 270.86° 4.9ft 11secs 273.59°            
3pm 4.5ft 11secs 268.45° 4.5ft 11secs 275.73°            
6pm 4.3ft 10secs 268.32° 4.3ft 10secs 277.82°            
9pm 4.2ft 10secs 268.11° 4.2ft 10secs 280°            
Sun 12/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.3ft 10secs 268.11° 4.3ft 10secs 282.6°            
3am 4.6ft 10secs 268.21° 4.6ft 10secs 284.56°            
6am 4.9ft 10secs 271.01° 4.8ft 10secs 285.95° 0.7ft 12secs 300.87°      
9am 5.1ft 9secs 272.94° 5ft 9secs 287.02° 1.1ft 12secs 299.36°      
12pm 5.3ft 9secs 281.04° 4ft 10secs 276.98° 3.1ft 9secs 306°      
3pm 5.4ft 9secs 282.94° 2.7ft 10secs 266.11° 2.1ft 12secs 296.86° 4.2ft 9secs 295.46°
6pm 5.7ft 9secs 285.02° 2.3ft 11secs 293.52° 1.3ft 10secs 259.34° 5ft 9secs 287.53°
9pm 6.1ft 10secs 285.27° 1.1ft 9secs 343.55°       6ft 10secs 284.26°
Mon 13/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.8ft 10secs 286.1° 1.1ft 9secs 343.56°       6.7ft 10secs 282.59°
3am 7.8ft 9secs 285.05° 0.9ft 9secs 342.59°       7.8ft 6secs 285.33°
6am 9.4ft 7secs 291.86°             9.4ft 7secs 291.51°
9am 10.9ft 8secs 294.69°             10.9ft 8secs 297.73°
12pm 12ft 10secs 293.33°             12ft 10secs 300.92°
3pm 12.3ft 11secs 294.99°             12.3ft 11secs 301.17°
6pm 11.7ft 10secs 293.56°             11.7ft 10secs 301.72°
9pm 11ft 10secs 291.6°             11ft 10secs 302.54°
Tue 14/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 10.3ft 10secs 290.48° 2.4ft 13secs 278.28°       10ft 10secs 305.39°
3am 9.8ft 10secs 291.7° 2.8ft 12secs 277.99°       9.4ft 10secs 308.55°
6am 9.6ft 10secs 293.7°             9.6ft 10secs 306.53°
9am 9.5ft 9secs 295.37° 3.8ft 8secs 356.56° 0.9ft 12secs 344.42° 8.6ft 10secs 295.5°
12pm 9.4ft 9secs 299.9° 3.2ft 8secs 353.17° 1.2ft 11secs 344.32° 8.8ft 9secs 295.52°
3pm 9.5ft 9secs 299.6° 2.9ft 9secs 349.63°       9ft 9secs 293.82°
6pm 9.7ft 8secs 301.24°             9.7ft 8secs 297.82°
9pm 10.4ft 8secs 299.78°             10.4ft 8secs 297.98°
Wed 15/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 11.2ft 8secs 299.49°             11.2ft 8secs 300.26°
3am 11.5ft 8secs 298.89°             11.5ft 8secs 300.6°
6am 11.6ft 9secs 298.12°             11.6ft 9secs 300.46°
9am 11.7ft 9secs 297.37°             11.7ft 9secs 299.86°
12pm 11.5ft 9secs 295.58° 1.1ft 12secs 343.35°       11.4ft 9secs 297.66°
3pm 11ft 9secs 294.08° 1.4ft 12secs 343.76°       10.9ft 9secs 295.7°
6pm 10.6ft 9secs 293.48° 1.6ft 11secs 342.57° 0.5ft 16secs 297.59° 10.5ft 9secs 294.23°
9pm 10.5ft 9secs 293.11° 1.4ft 11secs 343.62° 0.8ft 16secs 297.22° 10.3ft 9secs 293.06°
Thu 16/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 10.3ft 9secs 292.82° 1.1ft 15secs 295.73° 0.3ft 15secs 5.23° 10.3ft 9secs 293.21°
3am 10.2ft 9secs 291.91° 1.4ft 15secs 295.05° 0.6ft 14secs 7.26° 10.1ft 9secs 291.34°
6am 10.1ft 9secs 290.88° 1.9ft 14secs 294.06° 1ft 13secs 8.39° 9.9ft 9secs 288.91°
9am 10.3ft 9secs 291.39° 1.3ft 13secs 8.91°       10.2ft 9secs 286.67°
12pm 11ft 9secs 288.82° 1.5ft 12secs 7.94°       10.9ft 9secs 284.19°
3pm 11.7ft 11secs 297.64° 1.3ft 12secs 7.65°       11.7ft 11secs 282.39°
6pm 12.3ft 12secs 295.89° 1.1ft 12secs 6.64°       12.3ft 12secs 281.26°
9pm 12.6ft 12secs 293.46° 0.7ft 12secs 8.06°       12.6ft 12secs 279.67°
Fri 17/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.9ft 6secs 280.18° 0.5ft 13secs 9.56°       6.9ft 6secs 282.32°
3am 6.9ft 6secs 280.18° 0.5ft 13secs 9.56°       6.9ft 6secs 282.32°
6am 4.6ft 11secs 305.01° 1ft 15secs 310.35° 0.7ft 11secs 9.07° 4.4ft 12secs 290.33°
9am 4.6ft 11secs 305.01° 1ft 15secs 310.35° 0.7ft 11secs 9.07° 4.4ft 12secs 290.33°
12pm 6.4ft 11secs 310.42° 4.1ft 14secs 343.45°       4.9ft 11secs 295.04°
3pm 6.4ft 11secs 310.42° 4.1ft 14secs 343.45°       4.9ft 11secs 295.04°
6pm 7ft 12secs 301.09°             7ft 12secs 291.24°
9pm 7ft 12secs 301.09°             7ft 12secs 291.24°
Sat 18/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 9ft 12secs 298.77°             9ft 12secs 299.43°
3am 9ft 12secs 298.77°             9ft 12secs 299.43°
6am 9ft 12secs 296.97°             9ft 12secs 292.19°
9am 9ft 12secs 296.97°             9ft 12secs 292.19°
12pm 9ft 11secs 296.69°             9ft 11secs 294.93°
3pm 9ft 11secs 296.69°             9ft 11secs 294.93°
6pm 6.5ft 12secs 298.19°             6.5ft 12secs 312.21°
9pm 6.5ft 12secs 298.19°             6.5ft 12secs 312.21°
Sun 19/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 8.4ft 11secs 318.82°             8.4ft 11secs 319.77°
3am 8.4ft 11secs 318.82°             8.4ft 11secs 319.77°
6am 9ft 11secs 324.78°             9ft 11secs 321.63°
9am 9ft 11secs 324.78°             9ft 11secs 321.63°
12pm 7.2ft 11secs 328.72° 6.9ft 11secs 329.18° 2.2ft 11secs 292.23°      
3pm 7.2ft 11secs 328.72° 6.9ft 11secs 329.18° 2.2ft 11secs 292.23°      
6pm 5.7ft 11secs 333.25° 5.2ft 11secs 336.75° 2.3ft 10secs 292.61°      
9pm 5.7ft 11secs 333.25° 5.2ft 11secs 336.75° 2.3ft 10secs 292.61°      
Mon 20/02
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 15.6ft 11secs 322.9°             15.6ft 11secs 330.51°

Last Model Run: 10th Feb 2012 6:00am
Last Update: 10th Feb 2012 6:18pm
All times local time (GMT) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
K7 Buoy
(64046)
Swell7.5ft 7secs
Wind15mph 
2:00pm Tue 24th January
North Sea
(62114)
Swell0ft 0secs
Wind33mph 
5:00pm Fri 10th February
North Sea
(63112)
Swell15.5ft 8secs
Wind33mph 
5:00pm Fri 10th February
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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