Bu Sands (Orkney Islands) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Light rain.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

Tide: Next high tide (2.5m) at

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    7 day forecast for Bu Sands

    Today (8 April 2026)
    Time
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    SSW
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    22
    Visibility
    G
    Humidity
    76%
    UV -
    Wind direction and speed
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (9 April 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Overcast Overcast Light rain Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    80%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    40%
    70%
    80%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    60%
    80%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    15
    S
    16
    S
    15
    S
    15
    S
    14
    S
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    SW
    11
    SW
    11
    SW
    11
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    12
    W
    12
    W
    13
    W
    14
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    14
    SW
    16
    WSW
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    22
    21
    21
    20
    21
    19
    19
    18
    19
    20
    20
    22
    20
    21
    22
    24
    25
    26
    22
    22
    26
    28
    31
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    80%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    89%
    88%
    86%
    84%
    79%
    78%
    76%
    75%
    72%
    69%
    66%
    66%
    67%
    68%
    73%
    74%
    81%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    15
    16
    15
    15
    15
    14
    14
    13
    12
    13
    13
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    13
    14
    13
    13
    14
    15
    18
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (10 April 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    20%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    20
    W
    21
    W
    21
    W
    20
    W
    19
    W
    17
    W
    16
    W
    16
    W
    14
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    10
    WSW
    9
    S
    11
    SSE
    14
    SE
    16
    SE
    20
    SE
    25
    SE
    28
    SE
    30
    SE
    31
    SE
    31
    SE
    33
    Wind gust (mph)
    31
    33
    36
    36
    36
    32
    32
    29
    27
    24
    21
    18
    16
    16
    19
    22
    26
    34
    37
    39
    41
    43
    46
    48
    Visibility (description)
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    84%
    84%
    83%
    82%
    82%
    79%
    76%
    76%
    75%
    74%
    70%
    66%
    63%
    57%
    58%
    63%
    65%
    65%
    66%
    66%
    66%
    67%
    71%
    71%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    20
    21
    21
    20
    19
    18
    17
    16
    15
    14
    12
    10
    10
    12
    15
    17
    21
    26
    29
    30
    31
    32
    33
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    1.1
    1.3
    1.5
    1.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (11 April 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    40%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    35
    SE
    36
    SE
    38
    SE
    39
    SE
    40
    SE
    41
    SE
    41
    SSE
    39
    SSE
    36
    SSE
    32
    SSE
    30
    SSE
    29
    SSE
    29
    SSE
    29
    SSE
    28
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    27
    Wind gust (mph)
    51
    52
    54
    56
    57
    59
    58
    54
    49
    44
    40
    40
    39
    38
    38
    37
    37
    37
    36
    38
    36
    35
    37
    37
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    74%
    74%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    79%
    83%
    84%
    85%
    82%
    81%
    77%
    77%
    77%
    76%
    78%
    78%
    76%
    78%
    75%
    75%
    74%
    75%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    35
    37
    38
    39
    40
    41
    40
    38
    34
    30
    28
    28
    29
    28
    26
    25
    25
    26
    27
    27
    28
    28
    29
    30
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.8
    2.1
    2.3
    2.5
    2.7
    2.9
    3.1
    3.1
    3.6
    3.4
    3.2
    3.1
    3.0
    2.9
    2.9
    2.8
    2.8
    2.7
    2.7
    2.6
    2.5
    2.4
    2.3
    2.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (12 April 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    28
    SSE
    29
    SSE
    30
    SSE
    30
    SSE
    31
    SSE
    32
    SSE
    32
    SSE
    32
    SSE
    32
    S
    32
    S
    30
    S
    30
    S
    29
    S
    27
    S
    26
    S
    24
    S
    23
    S
    22
    S
    21
    S
    20
    S
    19
    S
    19
    S
    19
    S
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    40
    40
    43
    43
    43
    45
    47
    46
    47
    44
    43
    41
    39
    38
    36
    34
    34
    31
    29
    28
    26
    27
    25
    27
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    74%
    74%
    74%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    77%
    77%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    78%
    77%
    77%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    31
    31
    31
    32
    32
    32
    32
    32
    32
    31
    30
    29
    28
    27
    26
    24
    22
    22
    21
    20
    20
    21
    20
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.3
    2.2
    2.2
    2.2
    2.3
    2.4
    2.5
    2.6
    2.7
    2.8
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    2.9
    2.8
    2.6
    2.5
    2.3
    2.2
    2.1
    2.0
    1.9
    1.8
    1.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (13 April 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    18
    S
    19
    S
    18
    S
    18
    S
    18
    SSE
    17
    SE
    18
    SE
    19
    SSE
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    26
    27
    26
    26
    26
    25
    26
    26
    25
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    Humidity
    78%
    77%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    83%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    UV - - - 1 2 3 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    19
    19
    19
    19
    19
    18
    19
    19
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.7
    1.6
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    1.3
    1.3
    1.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (14 April 2026)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    18
    SE
    18
    ESE
    16
    ESE
    17
    ESE
    16
    ESE
    16
    ESE
    16
    SE
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    23
    23
    23
    22
    22
    22
    21
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    87%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    UV - - 1 2 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Wednesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 11 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 11 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 11 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 11 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 12 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 12 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 12 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 12 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 13 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 13 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 13 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 13 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 April

    Tide times and heights are from Burray Ness tidal station which is 0.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Rain spreading east to drier and brighter conditions on Thursday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Dry this evening. Thickening cloud will bring a few outbreaks of rain during the early hours, this turning persistent across Orkney later. Freshening southeasterly winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

    Thursday:

    Rain spreading east during the morning, clearing Orkney by late morning and Shetland mid-afternoon. Brighter weather following on behind. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

    Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

    Early showers on Friday otherwise dry and sunny. Windy with rain spreading northeast on Saturday, Orkney drying up later. Breezy with a few showers on Sunday.

    Updated:

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