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Latest Conditions Summary
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Swell

1.9m @ 5secs
184°

Wind

57kph
176° -

Temperature

Sea 11°c    Air 9°c
 

Seasonal Conditions and Historic Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Todays Tides
Tides, sunrise and sunset at Kirkwall
Hours from midnight
First Light: 7:37am - Sunrise: 8:24am
Sunset: 3:33pm - Last Light 4:20pm
(Kirkwall - 8.9mi away) [Help]
high 3:28am 1.9m
low 9:13am 1.1m
high 3:32pm 2m
low 9:58pm 0.9m
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Long Range Surf Forecast

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    Swell Rating Height Period Swell Dir Wind Weather
Wed
25/11  
12am
 
1.1m 4secs 216° 44kph SW - Offshore - 214° Rain 9c
  3am
 
1.3m 4secs 213° 46kph SSW - Offshore - 206° Rain 9c
  6am
 
1.5m 5secs 206° 54kph SSW - Cross/offshore - 197° Overcast 9c
  9am
 
1.9m 5secs 187° 62kph S - Cross/onshore - 171° Brief Showers 8c
  12pm
 
1.9m 5secs 184° 57kph S - Cross shore - 176° Rain 9c
  3pm
 
1.5m 5secs 201° 52kph SW - Offshore - 232° Rain 10c
  6pm
 
1.3m 13secs 271° 64kph WSW - Offshore - 249° Rain 10c
  9pm
 
2.1m 6secs 258° 67kph WSW - Offshore - 255° Overcast 10c
Thu
26/11  
12am
 
2.1m 7secs 265° 64kph WSW - Offshore - 258° Mostly Cloudy 10c
  3am
 
1.5m 7secs 268° 57kph WSW - Offshore - 257° Rain 9c
  6am
 
1.1m 7secs 269° 57kph WSW - Offshore - 249° Rain 9c
  9am
 
1m 6secs 270° 58kph WSW - Offshore - 237° Rain 9c
  12pm
 
0.9m 11secs 284° 58kph SW - Offshore - 235° Rain 9c
  3pm
 
0.9m 11secs 290° 53kph WSW - Offshore - 242° Rain 9c
  6pm
 
0.9m 11secs 298° 45kph WSW - Offshore - 240° Rain 9c
  9pm
 
1m 10secs 295° 38kph WSW - Offshore - 239° Rain 9c
Fri
27/11  
12am
 
1.1m 10secs 302° 31kph SW - Offshore - 236° Rain 8c
  3am
 
1m 13secs 331° 23kph SW - Offshore - 230° Rain 8c
  6am
 
0.9m 13secs 332° 16kph SW - Offshore - 228° Rain 8c
  9am
 
0.9m 13secs 332° 13kph SW - Offshore - 221° Overcast 8c
  12pm
 
0.9m 12secs 335° 12kph SSW - Offshore - 207° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  3pm
 
1m 12secs 336° 8kph SSW - Offshore - 206° Mostly Sunny 8c
  6pm
 
1.2m 11secs 338° 7kph SSW - Cross/offshore - 200° Mostly Clear 8c
  9pm
 
1.3m 11secs 338° 5kph SSW - Offshore - 211° Brief Showers 8c
Sat
28/11  
12am
 
1.2m 11secs 338° 4kph SW - Offshore - 219° Mostly Clear 8c
  3am
 
1.1m 11secs 338° 3kph SW - Offshore - 221° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
 
1.1m 11secs 339° 1kph N - Cross shore - 4° Mostly Clear 8c
  9am
Star Star
1.3m 11secs 339° 9kph NE - Onshore - 47° Mostly Sunny 9c
  12pm
 
1.5m 5secs 20° 25kph NE - Onshore - 43° Brief Showers 9c
  3pm
 
1.5m 6secs 12° 41kph NE - Onshore - 42° Brief Showers 8c
  6pm
 
1.7m 6secs 13° 50kph NE - Onshore - 39° Rain 7c
  9pm
 
1.9m 6secs 17° 46kph NNE - Onshore - 33° Overcast 7c
Sun
29/11  
12am
 
2m 6secs 19° 40kph NNE - Cross/onshore - 22° Overcast 6c
  3am
Grey Star Grey Star
2m 9secs 355° 34kph NNE - Cross/onshore - 22° Overcast 5c
  6am
Grey Star Grey Star
1.8m 9secs 354° 36kph NNE - Cross/onshore - 23° Light Snow 5c
  9am
Grey Star Grey Star
1.6m 9secs 358° 31kph NNE - Onshore - 26° Overcast 5c
  12pm
Grey Star
1.5m 8secs 356° 24kph NE - Onshore - 36° Overcast 5c
  3pm
 
1.4m 8secs 354° 21kph NE - Onshore - 45° Overcast 5c
  6pm
 
1.3m 8secs 353° 27kph ENE - Onshore - 61° Rain 6c
  9pm
 
1.4m 8secs 351° 30kph ENE - Onshore - 73° Rain 6c
Mon
30/11  
12am
 
1.3m 10secs 340° 27kph ENE - Onshore - 77° Rain 6c
  3am
 
1.3m 11secs 336° 24kph ENE - Onshore - 74° Rain 6c
  6am
 
1.1m 11secs 338° 22kph ENE - Onshore - 72° Rain 6c
  9am
 
1m 11secs 339° 19kph ENE - Onshore - 75° Rain 6c
  12pm
 
1m 11secs 340° 7kph E - Onshore - 96° Drizzle 6c
  3pm
 
0.9m 11secs 341° 12kph W - Offshore - 265° Sunny 7c
  6pm
 
1.1m 11secs 340° 16kph W - Offshore - 280° Clear 7c
  9pm
 
1.5m 4secs 218° 19kph W - Offshore - 261° Clear 7c
Tue
1/12  
12am
 
1.6m 5secs 228° 28kph WSW - Offshore - 247° Clear 7c
  3am
 
1.2m 5secs 245° 31kph WSW - Offshore - 248° Mostly Clear 7c
  6am
 
1.2m 8secs 291° 29kph W - Offshore - 261° Brief Showers 7c
  9am
 
1.1m 9secs 293° 28kph W - Offshore - 265° Rain 7c
  12pm
 
1m 9secs 292° 26kph WSW - Offshore - 253° Rain 6c
  3pm
 
1.2m 10secs 293° 25kph WSW - Offshore - 245° Overcast 6c
  6pm
 
1.5m 4secs 170° 18kph SSW - Cross/offshore - 205° Overcast 7c
  9pm
 
1.4m 5secs 180° 36kph SSE - Cross/onshore - 163° Drizzle 7c

Last Model Run: 25th Nov 2009 6:00am
Last Update: 25th Nov 2009 2:56pm
All times local time (GMT) unless otherwise stated.
Nearby Wave Buoy Data
K7 Buoy
(64046)
Swell7.2m 11secs
Wind26kph 
1:00pm Wed 25th November
North Sea
(62164)
Swell5.8m 7secs
Wind65kph 
1:00pm Wed 25th November
Station 62147 - North Sea
(62147)
Swell2.5m 6secs
Wind45kph 
6:00am Tue 24th November
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Good for most East facing breaks in the Orkneys

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