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Bu Sands Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

0.3m @ 5secs
108°

Wind

5kph
60° -

Temperature

Sea 10°c    Air 9°c
 
 

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 2.4m
low 6:48am 0.5m
high 1:08pm 2.1m
low 6:46pm 0.6m
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  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
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5m
4m
3m
2m
1m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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6
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6
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6
secs
6
secs
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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3
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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
25/05  
12am
 
85% 0.3m
5secs 108°
5 6
kph
ENE - Onshore - 60° Mostly Clear 9c
  3am
 
Warning 85% 0.3m
6secs 111°
5 6
kph
ENE - Onshore - 69° Mostly Clear 9c
  6am
 
Warning 90% 0.4m
6secs 115°
5 6
kph
ENE - Onshore - 73° Mostly Sunny 9c
  9am
 
Warning 90% 0.4m
6secs 117°
8 10
kph
ENE - Onshore - 78° Mostly Sunny 9c
  12pm
 
Warning 100% 0.4m
6secs 119°
10 13
kph
ESE - Onshore - 114° Mostly Sunny 9c
  3pm
 
Warning 100% 0.4m
6secs 120°
12 16
kph
ESE - Onshore - 118° Sunny 8c
  6pm
 
Warning 95% 0.4m
6secs 120°
16 21
kph
ESE - Onshore - 114° Sunny 9c
  9pm
 
Warning 95% 0.4m
6secs 120°
18 24
kph
ESE - Onshore - 113° Clear 9c
Sat
26/05  
12am
 
Warning 64% 0.5m
6secs 122°
21 27
kph
ESE - Onshore - 119° Clear 9c
  3am
 
Warning 64% 0.5m 3secs 127°
19 23
kph
SE - Onshore - 135° Clear 11c
  6am
 
Warning 57% 0.5m
6secs 133°
18 22
kph
SSE - Onshore - 148° Sunny 12c
  9am
 
Warning 57% 0.4m
6secs 135°
15 18
kph
SSE - Onshore - 148° Sunny 12c
  12pm
 
Warning 67% 0.4m
6secs 135°
16 19
kph
SE - Onshore - 134° Sunny 12c
  3pm
 
Warning 67% 0.4m
6secs 134°
18 21
kph
SE - Onshore - 134° Sunny 12c
  6pm
 
Warning 71% 0.4m
6secs 134°
16 19
kph
SE - Onshore - 133° Sunny 11c
  9pm
 
Warning 71% 0.3m
5secs 134°
16 19
kph
SE - Onshore - 132° Clear 11c
Sun
27/05  
12am
 
Warning 63% 0.3m
5secs 136°
15 18
kph
SE - Onshore - 144° Clear 10c
  3am
 
Warning 63% 0.3m 3secs 139°
14 17
kph
SE - Onshore - 145° Clear 10c
  6am
 
Warning 39% 0.3m
5secs 141°
15 17
kph
SSE - Onshore - 149° Sunny 10c
  9am
 
Warning 39% 0.2m 2secs 145°
14 17
kph
SSE - Onshore - 149° Sunny 10c
  12pm
 
40% 0.3m 2secs 144°
15 18
kph
SE - Onshore - 146° Sunny 11c
  3pm
 
40% 0.3m 2secs 142°
14 17
kph
SE - Onshore - 141° Sunny 11c
  6pm
 
9% 0.2m 2secs 139°
12 14
kph
SE - Onshore - 131° Sunny 11c
  9pm
 
9% 0.2m 2secs 134°
10 12
kph
ESE - Onshore - 112° Sunny 11c
Mon
28/05  
12am
 
21% 0.1m 3secs 133°
8 9
kph
E - Onshore - 89° Clear 11c
  3am
 
21% 0.1m 1secs 94°
11 14
kph
E - Onshore - 84° Clear 11c
  6am
 
19% 0.2m 2secs 101°
12 15
kph
ENE - Onshore - 74° Sunny 12c
  9am
 
19% 0.3m 2secs 77°
17 20
kph
ENE - Onshore - 70° Sunny 12c
  12pm
 
18% 0.4m 3secs 73°
19 22
kph
ENE - Onshore - 75° Sunny 11c
  3pm
 
18% 0.4m 3secs 72°
19 22
kph
E - Onshore - 82° Sunny 10c
  6pm
 
20% 0.4m 3secs 79°
22 25
kph
E - Onshore - 81° Sunny 9c
  9pm
 
Warning 20% 0.5m 3secs 82°
22 26
kph
E - Onshore - 89° Mostly Sunny 9c
Tue
29/05  
12am
 
Warning 15% 0.5m 3secs 84°
22 24
kph
E - Onshore - 88° Mostly Clear 8c
  3am
 
15% 0.4m 3secs 102°
15 17
kph
E - Onshore - 97° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
 
25% 0.4m 4secs 85°
14 15
kph
E - Onshore - 80° Mostly Sunny 8c
  9am
 
25% 0.2m
9secs 342°
13 13
kph
E - Onshore - 81° Sunny 9c
  12pm
 
16% 0.2m
10secs 343°
6 6
kph
E - Onshore - 87° Sunny 9c
  3pm
 
16% 0.2m
7secs 348°
14 14
kph
ENE - Onshore - 59° Mostly Sunny 9c
  6pm
 
36% 0.2m
8secs 347°
16 17
kph
E - Onshore - 81° Mostly Sunny 9c
  9pm
 
36% 0.3m
9secs 350°
15 17
kph
E - Onshore - 92° Mostly Sunny 9c
Wed
30/05  
12am
 
Warning 34% 0.3m
9secs 350°
19 22
kph
E - Onshore - 92° Mostly Cloudy 9c
  3am
 
Warning 34% 0.3m
9secs 353°
23 24
kph
E - Onshore - 90° Overcast 9c
  6am
 
23% 0.3m
9secs 353°
29 31
kph
E - Onshore - 88° Drizzle 9c
  9am
 
23% 0.3m
8secs 353°
32 34
kph
E - Onshore - 86° Drizzle 8c
  12pm
 
Warning 28% 0.4m
8secs 352°
33 36
kph
E - Onshore - 83° Drizzle 8c
  3pm
 
28% 0.4m
8secs 354°
31 33
kph
ENE - Onshore - 75° Drizzle 8c
  6pm
 
39% 0.5m
10secs 353°
29 31
kph
ENE - Onshore - 61° Drizzle 8c
  9pm
 
39% 0.5m
11secs 356°
28 28
kph
NE - Onshore - 45° Overcast 8c
Thu
31/05  
12am
Grey Star Grey Star
23% 0.9m
11secs 25°
26 27
kph
NNE - Onshore - 27° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  3am
Grey Star
23% 1m
11secs 16°
27 29
kph
NNE - Cross/onshore - 16° Overcast 8c
  6am
Grey Star
52% 1m
11secs 10°
29 31
kph
N - Cross/onshore - 10° Overcast 8c
  9am
 
52% 1.1m
5secs 9°
31 32
kph
N - Cross/onshore - 11° Overcast 8c
  12pm
 
62% 1.1m
5secs 6°
30 31
kph
N - Cross shore - 4° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  3pm
 
62% 1.1m
5secs 6°
29 31
kph
N - Cross shore - 4° Mostly Sunny 8c
  6pm
Grey Star
25% 1m
10secs 6°
26 27
kph
N - Cross shore - 3° Sunny 8c
  9pm
Grey Star
25% 0.9m
10secs 9°
24 26
kph
N - Cross/onshore - 10° Mostly Sunny 8c
Long Range Regional Forecast (Caithness - East)
Fri
1/06  
12am
Grey Star
Warning 45% 0.9m
10secs 3°
28
kph
SE - Onshore - 124° Mostly Clear 8c
  3am
Grey Star
Warning 45% 0.9m
10secs 3°
28
kph
SE - Onshore - 124° Mostly Clear 8c
  6am
Grey Star
Warning 20% 0.8m
10secs 3°
36
kph
SE - Onshore - 126° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  9am
Grey Star
Warning 20% 0.8m
10secs 3°
36
kph
SE - Onshore - 126° Mostly Cloudy 8c
  12pm
Star
36% 0.8m
10secs 4°
9
kph
SSE - Onshore - 149° Mostly Sunny 8c
  3pm
Star
36% 0.8m
10secs 4°
9
kph
SSE - Onshore - 149° Mostly Sunny 8c
  6pm
Grey Star
Warning 38% 0.7m
10secs 4°
27
kph
SE - Onshore - 128° Mostly Sunny 11c
  9pm
Grey Star
Warning 38% 0.7m
10secs 4°
27
kph
SE - Onshore - 128° Mostly Sunny 11c
Sat
2/06  
12am
 
18% 0.6m
9secs 2°
20
kph
WSW - Offshore - 237° Mostly Clear 9c
  3am
 
18% 0.6m
9secs 2°
20
kph
WSW - Offshore - 237° Mostly Clear 9c
  6am
 
Warning 47% 0.6m
9secs 6°
16
kph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 156° Mostly Sunny 9c
  9am
 
Warning 47% 0.6m
9secs 6°
16
kph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 156° Mostly Sunny 9c
  12pm
 
Warning 28% 0.4m
9secs 4°
15
kph
WNW - Offshore - 283° Mostly Sunny 15c
  3pm
 
Warning 28% 0.4m
9secs 4°
15
kph
WNW - Offshore - 283° Mostly Sunny 15c
  6pm
Grey Star
Warning 23% 0.8m
9secs 3°
28
kph
SE - Onshore - 131° Mostly Sunny 15c
  9pm
Grey Star
Warning 23% 0.8m
9secs 3°
28
kph
SE - Onshore - 131° Mostly Sunny 15c
Sun
3/06  
12am
 
Warning 15% 0.7m
9secs 4°
27
kph
SE - Onshore - 137° Clear 15c
  3am
 
Warning 15% 0.7m
9secs 4°
27
kph
SE - Onshore - 137° Clear 15c
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Last Model Run: 24th May 2012 1:00pm
Last Update: 25th May 2012 1:46am
All times local time (BST) 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
Wind28kph 
12:00am Fri 25th May
North Sea
(63112)
Swell0.8m 6secs
Wind13kph 
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.
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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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