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Marwick Bay

Orkney Islands, UK (Scotland)
🪨Rocks🪸Sharp reef🌀Strong rips🏝️Remote

Marwick Bay is one of Orkney's most exposed surf spots--a right-hand reef on the west coast wide open to the North Atlantic.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
0
Poor
6.2m
@16s
48km/h
Tue
31
6
Poor
4.1m
@15s
33km/h
Wed
1
12
Poor
3.1m
@11s
26km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
6.2m
WNW(282°)
Score: 0/25
Period
16s
Long period groundswell
Score: 24/25
Wind
48km/h
WNW(285°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
7°C
0.1mm40%
Windswell Component
5.0mWNW@9s
Secondary Swell
1.1mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 50 km/h WNW|PM: 46 km/h WNW
Lighter winds later (46 km/h)
Tide at 1pm (-1.9m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:00 am
Low tide - -1.19m
7:05 am
High tide - 1.03m
1:30 pm
Low tide - -1.89m
7:44 pm
High tide - 0.63m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction14/25
Swell Size0/25
Swell Period24/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score38/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
WNW (300°)
Direction range
260° - 340°
Size range
1m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.1m
Height multiplier
1.00×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
E (100°)
Offshore range
70° - 140°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid

Water temp

9°C

Wetsuit

6/5mm + boots, gloves, hood

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

1/10

Best Season

Peak: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb

Secondary: Mar

Getting There

Airport
KOI
Drive time
35 min
Data quality
verified

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