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Birsay Bay Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

2ft @ 11secs
265°

Wind

7mph
199° -

Temperature

Sea 49°f    Air 56°f
 
 

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 1.7ft
high 11:27am 8.4ft
low 5:22pm 1.7ft
high 11:45pm 9.1ft
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
Thu 05/24
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.7ft 10secs 274.02° 2.2ft 11secs 264.8° 1.4ft 9secs 14.69° 0.8ft 3secs 147.13°
3am 2.6ft 10secs 271.82° 2.1ft 11secs 264.52° 1.4ft 9secs 15.63° 0.6ft 3secs 216.52°
6am 2.5ft 10secs 270.88° 2ft 11secs 264.3° 1.3ft 9secs 16.37° 0.8ft 3secs 281.14°
9am 2.4ft 10secs 270.2° 2.1ft 11secs 266.04° 1.3ft 9secs 16.24°      
12pm 2.4ft 11secs 268.4° 2.1ft 11secs 265.33° 1.2ft 9secs 16.36°      
3pm 2.4ft 10secs 266.42° 2.1ft 11secs 263.8° 1.2ft 9secs 16.61°      
6pm 2.3ft 10secs 266.33° 2ft 10secs 263.15° 1.1ft 9secs 16.85°      
9pm 2.1ft 10secs 270.82° 1.8ft 10secs 262.89° 1ft 9secs 17.12°      
Fri 05/25
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.9ft 10secs 271.36° 1.7ft 10secs 263.2° 1ft 9secs 17.41°      
3am 1.8ft 9secs 272.35° 1.6ft 10secs 263.59° 0.9ft 9secs 17.77°      
6am 1.7ft 9secs 284.14° 1.5ft 9secs 264.36° 0.8ft 9secs 18.16°      
9am 1.6ft 9secs 288.29° 1.4ft 9secs 265.31° 0.8ft 9secs 18.56°      
12pm 1.5ft 9secs 293.43° 1.3ft 9secs 266.1° 0.7ft 9secs 18.85° 0.5ft 2secs 75.19°
3pm 1.6ft 9secs 304.01° 1.1ft 8secs 269.93° 0.6ft 9secs 19.19° 0.8ft 2secs 88.76°
6pm 1.7ft 9secs 312.21° 1ft 8secs 271.95° 0.6ft 8secs 19.52° 1.1ft 3secs 98.39°
9pm 1.7ft 8secs 316.79° 0.9ft 7secs 272.73° 0.5ft 8secs 19.86° 1.3ft 3secs 104.23°
Sat 05/26
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.6ft 8secs 316.53° 0.9ft 7secs 275.2° 0.5ft 8secs 20.21° 1.2ft 3secs 106.63°
3am 1.5ft 8secs 312.4° 0.8ft 7secs 276.35° 0.5ft 9secs 257.43° 1.2ft 3secs 108.9°
6am 1.4ft 8secs 306.31° 0.8ft 7secs 276.89° 0.4ft 8secs 20.86° 1ft 3secs 111.97°
9am 1.3ft 7secs 283.78° 0.7ft 6secs 278.27° 0.4ft 9secs 257.92° 0.9ft 3secs 114.52°
12pm 1.3ft 6secs 283.4° 0.7ft 6secs 278.75° 0.4ft 9secs 256.93° 0.8ft 2secs 113.81°
3pm 1.3ft 6secs 283.28° 0.7ft 6secs 279.32° 0.5ft 10secs 261.34° 1ft 2secs 112.93°
6pm 1.3ft 8secs 293.75° 0.7ft 6secs 280.06° 0.4ft 10secs 264.98° 0.9ft 3secs 114.58°
9pm 1.3ft 8secs 291.61° 0.8ft 7secs 281.21° 0.4ft 10secs 267.79° 0.9ft 2secs 118.2°
Sun 05/27
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.3ft 10secs 269.98° 0.8ft 7secs 283.14° 0.5ft 10secs 267.63° 0.9ft 2secs 124.48°
3am 1.2ft 10secs 273.16° 0.8ft 7secs 284.05° 0.5ft 10secs 270.62° 0.8ft 2secs 127.67°
6am 1.2ft 10secs 274.67° 0.8ft 7secs 284.63° 0.6ft 10secs 273.09° 0.7ft 2secs 131.2°
9am 1.2ft 9secs 275.33° 0.7ft 7secs 284.46° 0.7ft 9secs 275.02° 0.6ft 2secs 139.23°
12pm 1.2ft 9secs 275.63° 0.7ft 9secs 275.19° 0.7ft 6secs 284.14° 0.5ft 2secs 139.06°
3pm 1.2ft 9secs 274.8° 0.8ft 9secs 274.96° 0.7ft 6secs 283.97° 0.4ft 2secs 137.47°
6pm 1.2ft 9secs 273.84° 0.9ft 9secs 274.38° 0.6ft 6secs 280.28° 0.5ft 7secs 76.39°
9pm 1.2ft 9secs 274.4° 1ft 9secs 273.73° 0.5ft 6secs 279.8°      
Mon 05/28
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.2ft 8secs 273.48° 1.1ft 8secs 274.37° 0.5ft 12secs 278.66°      
3am 1.3ft 8secs 272.37° 1.1ft 8secs 273.9° 0.7ft 11secs 277.45°      
6am 1.4ft 11secs 278.1° 1ft 8secs 273.15° 0.9ft 11secs 276.13° 0.5ft 2secs 9.11°
9am 1.6ft 10secs 277.55° 1.1ft 10secs 275.17° 0.9ft 8secs 272.67° 0.8ft 3secs 11.74°
12pm 2ft 10secs 276.38° 1.4ft 10secs 274.15°       1.3ft 3secs 19.83°
3pm 2.2ft 10secs 275.96° 1.4ft 10secs 274.17°       1.7ft 3secs 24.83°
6pm 2.3ft 9secs 275.91° 1.4ft 9secs 274.49°       1.8ft 4secs 24.27°
9pm 2.3ft 9secs 276.38° 1.3ft 9secs 275.13° 0.5ft 11secs 346.35° 1.9ft 4secs 21.43°
Tue 05/29
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.5ft 9secs 290.83° 1.2ft 9secs 276.19° 1.1ft 11secs 348.05° 1.8ft 5secs 16.23°
3am 2.7ft 9secs 315.04° 1.7ft 5secs 12.68° 1.6ft 10secs 349.56°      
6am 2.9ft 10secs 349.03° 2ft 10secs 350.94° 1.6ft 5secs 8.9°      
9am 2.9ft 10secs 350.15° 2.7ft 10secs 355.97° 0.8ft 8secs 283.42°      
12pm 3ft 10secs 351.01° 2.8ft 10secs 355.49° 0.8ft 8secs 280.47°      
3pm 3.1ft 10secs 352.42° 3ft 10secs 355.09° 0.9ft 8secs 280.03°      
6pm 3.3ft 10secs 353.49° 3.2ft 10secs 355.33° 0.8ft 8secs 286.93°      
9pm 3.4ft 10secs 353.83° 3.4ft 10secs 356.38° 0.8ft 8secs 282.19°      
Wed 05/30
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.5ft 9secs 353.91° 3.4ft 9secs 357.8° 0.7ft 7secs 290.25°      
3am 3.6ft 9secs 354.54° 3.5ft 9secs 358.89° 0.7ft 7secs 289.16°      
6am 3.5ft 9secs 356.55° 3.4ft 9secs 359.74° 0.6ft 7secs 292.51°      
9am 3.5ft 9secs 356.21° 3.4ft 9secs 0.61° 0.6ft 10secs 269.33°      
12pm 3.4ft 9secs 355.6° 3.3ft 9secs 1.41° 0.7ft 9secs 270.24°      
3pm 3.5ft 9secs 355.32° 3.4ft 9secs 2.78° 0.9ft 9secs 277.94°      
6pm 3.7ft 10secs 4.75° 3.6ft 10secs 4.3° 0.9ft 9secs 277.11°      
9pm 3.9ft 10secs 5.54° 3.8ft 11secs 5.09° 0.8ft 9secs 271.45°      
Thu 05/31
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.6ft 10secs 2.73° 1.3ft 5secs 4.41° 0.7ft 9secs 357.07°      
3am 1.6ft 10secs 2.73° 1.3ft 5secs 4.41° 0.7ft 9secs 357.07°      
6am 5ft 11secs 2.69°             4.9ft 11secs 352.39°
9am 5ft 11secs 2.69°             4.9ft 11secs 352.39°
12pm 4.5ft 10secs 3.88°             4.5ft 10secs 353.4°
3pm 4.5ft 10secs 3.88°             4.5ft 10secs 353.4°
6pm 2.6ft 10secs 5.49° 2.1ft 10secs 3.99°       1.4ft 3secs 133.51°
9pm 2.6ft 10secs 5.49° 2.1ft 10secs 3.99°       1.4ft 3secs 133.51°
Fri 06/1
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.3ft 10secs 5.42° 2ft 10secs 4.16°       1.2ft 3secs 142.66°
3am 2.3ft 10secs 5.42° 2ft 10secs 4.16°       1.2ft 3secs 142.66°
6am 2ft 10secs 5.36° 1.8ft 10secs 4.16°       0.9ft 3secs 146.43°
9am 2ft 10secs 5.36° 1.8ft 10secs 4.16°       0.9ft 3secs 146.43°
12pm 2.1ft 9secs 5.1° 2.1ft 9secs 359.33° 0.2ft 8secs 283.9°      
3pm 2.1ft 9secs 5.1° 2.1ft 9secs 359.33° 0.2ft 8secs 283.9°      
6pm 2.1ft 9secs 4.33° 2.1ft 9secs 0.56°            
9pm 2.1ft 9secs 4.33° 2.1ft 9secs 0.56°            
Sat 06/2
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.5ft 9secs 7.3° 2.5ft 9secs 353.23°            
3am 2.5ft 9secs 7.3° 2.5ft 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)
Swell7.5ft 7secs
Wind15mph 
2:00pm Tue 24th January
North Sea
(62114)
Swell0ft 0secs
Wind18mph 
11:00pm Wed 23rd May
North Sea
(63112)
Swell3.5ft 6secs
Wind20mph 
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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