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Bu Sands Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

1ft @ 5secs
108°

Wind

3mph
60° -

Temperature

Sea 50°f    Air 49°f
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Kirkwall
Hours from midnight
First Light: 3:08am - Sunrise: 4:17am
Sunset: 9:59pm - Last Light 11:08pm
(Kirkwall - 8.9mi away) [Help]
high 12:47am 7.7ft
low 6:48am 1.7ft
high 1:08pm 7ft
low 6:46pm 1.8ft
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Bu Sands Long Range Surf ForecastTry New Forecast Layout

  Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
  6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm
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10ft
5ft
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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6
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6
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6
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5
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2
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2
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2
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3
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9
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
    Swell Rating   Prob Height Period Dir Wind (Gust) Weather
Fri
05/25  
6am
 
Warning 90% 1ft
6secs 115°
3 4
mph
ENE - Onshore - 73° Mostly Sunny 48f
  Noon
 
Warning 100% 1ft
6secs 119°
6 8
mph
ESE - Onshore - 114° Mostly Sunny 48f
  6pm
 
Warning 95% 1ft
6secs 120°
10 13
mph
ESE - Onshore - 114° Sunny 48f
Sat
05/26  
6am
 
Warning 57% 1.5ft
6secs 133°
11 13
mph
SSE - Onshore - 148° Sunny 53f
  Noon
 
Warning 67% 1.5ft
6secs 135°
10 12
mph
SE - Onshore - 134° Sunny 54f
  6pm
 
Warning 71% 1ft
6secs 134°
10 12
mph
SE - Onshore - 133° Sunny 53f
Sun
05/27  
6am
 
Warning 39% 1ft
5secs 141°
9 11
mph
SSE - Onshore - 149° Sunny 50f
  Noon
 
40% 1ft 2secs 144°
9 11
mph
SE - Onshore - 146° Sunny 51f
  6pm
 
9% 0.5ft 2secs 139°
7 9
mph
SE - Onshore - 131° Sunny 52f
Mon
05/28  
6am
 
19% 0.5ft 2secs 101°
8 9
mph
ENE - Onshore - 74° Sunny 53f
  Noon
 
18% 1ft 3secs 73°
12 13
mph
ENE - Onshore - 75° Sunny 52f
  6pm
 
20% 1.5ft 3secs 79°
14 15
mph
E - Onshore - 81° Sunny 49f
Tue
05/29  
6am
 
25% 1ft 4secs 85°
9 10
mph
E - Onshore - 80° Mostly Sunny 47f
  Noon
 
16% 0.5ft
10secs 343°
4 4
mph
E - Onshore - 87° Sunny 48f
  6pm
 
36% 1ft
8secs 347°
10 11
mph
E - Onshore - 81° Mostly Sunny 48f
Wed
05/30  
6am
 
23% 1ft
9secs 353°
18 19
mph
E - Onshore - 88° Drizzle 47f
  Noon
 
Warning 28% 1ft
8secs 352°
21 22
mph
E - Onshore - 83° Drizzle 47f
  6pm
 
39% 1.5ft
10secs 353°
18 19
mph
ENE - Onshore - 61° Drizzle 46f
Thu
05/31  
6am
Grey Star
52% 3.5ft
11secs 10°
18 19
mph
N - Cross/onshore - 10° Overcast 46f
  Noon
 
62% 3.5ft
5secs 6°
18 19
mph
N - Cross shore - 4° Mostly Cloudy 46f
  6pm
Grey Star
25% 3ft
10secs 6°
16 17
mph
N - Cross shore - 3° Sunny 46f
Long Range Regional Forecast (Caithness - East)
Fri
06/1  
6am
Grey Star
Warning 20% 2.5ft
10secs 3°
22
mph
SE - Onshore - 126° Mostly Cloudy 46f
  Noon
Star
36% 2.5ft
10secs 4°
6
mph
SSE - Onshore - 149° Mostly Sunny 47f
  6pm
Grey Star
Warning 38% 2ft
10secs 4°
17
mph
SE - Onshore - 128° Mostly Sunny 51f
Sat
06/2  
6am
 
Warning 47% 2ft
9secs 6°
10
mph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 156° Mostly Sunny 48f
  Noon
 
Warning 28% 1.5ft
9secs 4°
9
mph
WNW - Offshore - 283° Mostly Sunny 60f
  6pm
Grey Star
Warning 23% 2.5ft
9secs 3°
17
mph
SE - Onshore - 131° Mostly Sunny 60f
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Last Model Run: 24th May 2012 1:00pm
Last Update: 25th May 2012 1:45am
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
Wind17mph 
12:00am Fri 25th May
North Sea
(63112)
Swell2.5ft 6secs
Wind8mph 
12:00am Fri 25th 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.
Seasonal Conditions and Historic Data
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Good for most East facing breaks in the Orkneys

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A detailed long range Bu Sands Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Bu Sands and nearby surf spots in the Caithness - East area. For other surf breaks in UK + Ireland click 'local overview' at the top of this page. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.
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