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Bu Sands Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

1.2m @ 7secs
156°

Wind

38kph
180° -

Temperature

Sea 8°c    Air 5°c
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Kirkwall
Hours from midnight
First Light: 7:12am - Sunrise: 7:55am
Sunset: 4:55pm - Last Light 5:38pm
(Kirkwall - 8.9mi away) [Help]
low 4:29am 0.3m
high 11:00am 3m
low 4:55pm 0.2m
high 11:25pm 2.8m
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Bu Sands Long Range Surf ForecastTry New Forecast Layout

  Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
  6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm
6m
5m
4m
3m
2m
1m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  5
secs
7
secs
7
secs
7
secs
7
secs
7
secs
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 12
secs
11
secs
11
secs
 
Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
    Swell Rating   Prob Height Period Dir Wind (Gust) Weather
Fri
10/02  
12am
 
95% 0.4m 2secs 152°
30 35
kph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 166° Mostly Cloudy 7c
  3am
 
95% 0.9m 4secs 147°
44 51
kph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 164° Mostly Clear 6c
  6am
 
95% 1.2m
5secs 148°
44 54
kph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 168° Mostly Clear 6c
  9am
Grey Star
95% 1.3m
6secs 152°
46 53
kph
S - Cross/onshore - 172° Mostly Sunny 5c
  12pm
Grey Star
100% 1.2m
7secs 156°
38 43
kph
S - Cross shore - 180° Brief Showers 5c
  3pm
Grey Star
100% 1.1m
7secs 155°
34 39
kph
S - Cross shore - 185° Drizzle 5c
  6pm
Grey Star
100% 0.7m
7secs 138°
34 44
kph
SSW - Cross/offshore - 203° Drizzle 7c
  9pm
 
100% 0.6m
7secs 143°
32 42
kph
WSW - Offshore - 241° Drizzle 8c
Sat
11/02  
12am
 
100% 0.6m
7secs 142°
25 32
kph
W - Offshore - 273° Drizzle 8c
  3am
 
100% 0.5m
7secs 140°
28 37
kph
W - Offshore - 269° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
 
81% 0.4m
7secs 142°
27 31
kph
NW - Offshore - 322° Brief Showers 8c
  9am
 
81% 0.4m
7secs 141°
24 27
kph
NNW - Offshore - 334° Mostly Sunny 7c
  12pm
 
95% 0.3m
7secs 144°
23 27
kph
WNW - Offshore - 303° Mostly Sunny 8c
  3pm
 
95% 0.3m
7secs 144°
27 31
kph
WNW - Offshore - 296° Mostly Sunny 8c
  6pm
 
86% 0.3m
7secs 147°
28 31
kph
NW - Offshore - 304° Mostly Clear 8c
  9pm
 
86% 0.2m
6secs 149°
27 31
kph
NW - Offshore - 305° Mostly Clear 8c
Sun
12/02  
12am
 
49% 0.2m
6secs 152°
28 31
kph
NW - Offshore - 308° Brief Showers 8c
  3am
 
49% No Incoming Swell     
30 34
kph
NW - Offshore - 309° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
 
36% No Incoming Swell     
27 30
kph
NW - Offshore - 309° Brief Showers 8c
  9am
 
36% No Incoming Swell     
24 25
kph
WNW - Offshore - 286° Mostly Sunny 7c
  12pm
 
24% No Incoming Swell     
31 34
kph
W - Offshore - 280° Mostly Sunny 8c
  3pm
 
24% No Incoming Swell     
37 42
kph
W - Offshore - 273° Overcast 8c
  6pm
 
39% No Incoming Swell     
41 49
kph
W - Offshore - 271° Rain 8c
  9pm
 
39% No Incoming Swell     
43 52
kph
W - Offshore - 264° Rain 8c
Mon
13/02  
12am
 
47% No Incoming Swell     
50 61
kph
W - Offshore - 271° Rain 8c
  3am
 
47% No Incoming Swell     
52 63
kph
WNW - Offshore - 295° Overcast 8c
  6am
 
25% No Incoming Swell     
60 70
kph
NW - Offshore - 315° Rain 8c
  9am
 
25% No Incoming Swell     
54 64
kph
NNW - Offshore - 327° Overcast 7c
  12pm
 
33% No Incoming Swell     
54 67
kph
NW - Offshore - 319° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  3pm
 
33% No Incoming Swell     
57 74
kph
NNW - Offshore - 328° Mostly Sunny 8c
  6pm
 
48% No Incoming Swell     
59 72
kph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 337° Mostly Clear 7c
  9pm
 
48% No Incoming Swell     
53 62
kph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 342° Clear 7c
Tue
14/02  
12am
 
40% No Incoming Swell     
48 56
kph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 344° Clear 6c
  3am
 
40% No Incoming Swell     
43 51
kph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 344° Mostly Clear 6c
  6am
 
18% No Incoming Swell     
41 49
kph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 343° Mostly Cloudy 7c
  9am
 
18% No Incoming Swell     
32 39
kph
NW - Offshore - 321° Mostly Cloudy 7c
  12pm
 
21% No Incoming Swell     
39 45
kph
NW - Offshore - 306° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  3pm
 
21% No Incoming Swell     
42 53
kph
WNW - Offshore - 299° Drizzle 8c
  6pm
 
52% No Incoming Swell     
39 49
kph
NW - Offshore - 310° Drizzle 8c
  9pm
 
52% No Incoming Swell     
39 50
kph
WNW - Offshore - 301° Mostly Clear 8c
Wed
15/02  
12am
 
42% No Incoming Swell     
42 54
kph
WNW - Offshore - 302° Mostly Clear 8c
  3am
 
42% No Incoming Swell     
43 56
kph
NW - Offshore - 305° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
 
35% No Incoming Swell     
44 57
kph
WNW - Offshore - 296° Mostly Clear 8c
  9am
 
35% No Incoming Swell     
44 56
kph
WNW - Offshore - 296° Mostly Sunny 8c
  12pm
 
13% No Incoming Swell     
44 55
kph
WNW - Offshore - 288° Mostly Sunny 7c
  3pm
 
13% No Incoming Swell     
42 54
kph
WNW - Offshore - 288° Mostly Sunny 7c
  6pm
 
21% No Incoming Swell     
41 51
kph
WNW - Offshore - 284° Mostly Clear 7c
  9pm
 
21% 0.3m
13secs 359°
40 50
kph
W - Offshore - 270° Mostly Clear 7c
Thu
16/02  
12am
 
7% 0.4m
12secs 358°
42 55
kph
W - Offshore - 265° Mostly Clear 7c
  3am
 
7% 0.4m
12secs 360°
40 55
kph
WSW - Offshore - 255° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
 
33% 0.4m
12secs 1°
44 60
kph
WSW - Offshore - 246° Mostly Clear 8c
  9am
 
33% 0.4m
11secs 359°
46 65
kph
WSW - Offshore - 238° Mostly Sunny 8c
  12pm
 
14% 0.3m
11secs 1°
47 69
kph
WSW - Offshore - 242° Brief Showers 8c
  3pm
 
14% 0.3m
11secs 4°
43 55
kph
WSW - Offshore - 258° Drizzle 9c
  6pm
 
16% 0.2m
11secs 1°
26 33
kph
WNW - Offshore - 285° Drizzle 8c
  9pm
 
16% 0.2m
10secs 1°
32 41
kph
W - Offshore - 277° Drizzle 7c
Long Range Regional Forecast (Caithness - East)
Fri
17/02  
12am
 
5% No Incoming Swell     
78
kph
W - Offshore - 276° Drizzle 7c
  3am
 
5% No Incoming Swell     
78
kph
W - Offshore - 276° Drizzle 7c
  6am
 
5% No Incoming Swell     
71
kph
W - Offshore - 275° Brief Showers 6c
  9am
 
5% No Incoming Swell     
71
kph
W - Offshore - 275° Brief Showers 6c
  12pm
 
30% No Incoming Swell     
54
kph
WSW - Offshore - 251° Brief Showers 6c
  3pm
 
30% No Incoming Swell     
54
kph
WSW - Offshore - 251° Brief Showers 6c
  6pm
 
30% No Incoming Swell     
54
kph
WSW - Offshore - 250° Brief Showers 6c
  9pm
 
30% No Incoming Swell     
54
kph
WSW - Offshore - 250° Brief Showers 6c
Sat
18/02  
12am
 
6% No Incoming Swell     
36
kph
SW - Offshore - 231° Brief Showers 5c
  3am
 
6% No Incoming Swell     
36
kph
SW - Offshore - 231° Brief Showers 5c
  6am
 
40% No Incoming Swell     
49
kph
WSW - Offshore - 250° Brief Showers 5c
  9am
 
40% No Incoming Swell     
49
kph
WSW - Offshore - 250° Brief Showers 5c
  12pm
Grey Star
26% 1.1m
10secs 348°
26
kph
NNE - Onshore - 25° Brief Showers 5c
  3pm
Grey Star
26% 1.1m
10secs 348°
26
kph
NNE - Onshore - 25° Brief Showers 5c
  6pm
Grey Star
26% 0.6m
12secs 1°
57
kph
WNW - Offshore - 290° Brief Showers 5c
  9pm
Grey Star
26% 0.6m
12secs 1°
57
kph
WNW - Offshore - 290° Brief Showers 5c
Sun
19/02  
12am
 
46% No Incoming Swell     
38
kph
NNW - Offshore - 331° Brief Showers 5c
  3am
 
46% No Incoming Swell     
38
kph
NNW - Offshore - 331° Brief Showers 5c
  6am
 
36% 1.3m
11secs 340°
32
kph
WSW - Offshore - 239° Brief Showers 5c
  9am
 
36% 1.3m
11secs 340°
32
kph
WSW - Offshore - 239° Brief Showers 5c
  12pm
Star
18% 1.1m
10secs 352°
8
kph
ESE - Onshore - 122° Brief Showers 5c
  3pm
Star
18% 1.1m
10secs 352°
8
kph
ESE - Onshore - 122° Brief Showers 5c
  6pm
 
38% No Incoming Swell     
47
kph
WNW - Offshore - 290° Brief Showers 6c
  9pm
 
38% No Incoming Swell     
47
kph
WNW - Offshore - 290° Brief Showers 6c
Mon
20/02  
12am
 
44% 0.9m
11secs 343°
30
kph
WNW - Offshore - 298° Light Snow Showers 2c
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Last Model Run: 10th Feb 2012 12:00am
Last Update: 10th Feb 2012 12:16pm
All times local time (GMT) 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
Wind55kph 
11:00am Fri 10th February
North Sea
(63112)
Swell4.2m 7secs
Wind50kph 
11:00am 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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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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