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Mill Sand

Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

No photo of Mill Sand yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:42 pm
Now
5.0
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.6
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.3
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.1
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
3.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.5
1 km/h1 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
8°C46°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
128 km/hmph S
Gusts
2013 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:42 pm
Today
5.0FairNow128
4.7Fair10 am117
4.6Fair11 am85
4.8Fair12 pm74
4.3Fair1 pm128
4.1Fair2 pm42
3.8Poor3 pm32
3.5Poor4 pm11
3.2Poor5 pm64
Sat
4.6Fair9 am106
4.5Fair10 am149
4.1Fair11 am2012
3.2Poor12 pm2717
2.9Poor1 pm3421
2.3Poor2 pm4025
1.5Poor3 pm4528
0.7Poor4 pm4930
0.7Poor5 pm5333
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 10 am, 0.6 m. Low at 3 pm, -0.9 m. High at 10 pm, 0.7 m. Low at 4 am, -1.5 mHigh 10 am, 0.6 m2 ftLow 3 pm, -0.9 m3 ftHigh 10 pm, 0.7 m2 ftLow 4 am, -1.5 m5 ftNow3 pm9 pm3 am9 am
  • High 10 am, 0.6 m2 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
  • High 10 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
  • Low 4 am, -1.5 m5 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun2.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 59 km/h37 mph, rain 93%
  • Mon4.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h30 mph, rain 26%
  • Tue1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 86 km/h53 mph, rain 70%
  • Wed2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 38 km/h23 mph, rain 67%
  • Thu5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 20%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
860 m0.5 miTankerness (village)
Nearest airport
3 km2 miKirkwall Airport (KOI)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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