# Diving in Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scuba diving weather for the next 5 days at 11 dive sites. Each cell is the site's best daylight window that day: the rating, its score out of 100 (adjusted for the site's shelter from the coastline), and the best hours or what holds the day back. Times are local.

| Site | Place | Today, Sat 14 | Sun 15 | Mon 16 | Tue 17 | Wed 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SMS König](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-koenig) | Scapa Flow, boat | Excellent 97, best 15–16 | Excellent 100, best 09–15 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 | Excellent 87, best 11–16 | Excellent 97, best 09–16 |
| [SMS Markgraf](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-markgraf) | Scapa Flow, boat | Good 76, best 15–16 | Excellent 97, best 09–15 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 | Excellent 87, best 11–16 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 |
| [SMS Cöln](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-coeln) | Scapa Flow, boat | Good 76, best 15–16 | Excellent 97, best 09–15 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 | Excellent 87, best 11–16 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 |
| [SMS Brummer](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-brummer) | Scapa Flow, boat | Good 76, best 15–16 | Excellent 97, best 09–15 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 | Excellent 87, best 11–16 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 |
| [SMS Karlsruhe](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-karlsruhe) | Scapa Flow, boat | Good 66, best 15–16 | Excellent 94, best 09–11 | Excellent 96, best 10–12 | Excellent 80, best 11–13 | Excellent 96, best 13–14 |
| [Gobernador Bories](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/gobernador-bories) | Scapa Flow, boat | Excellent 85, best 15–16 | Excellent 93, best 09–16 | Excellent 100, best 11–15 | Excellent 91, best 11–16 | Excellent 100, best 09–16 |
| [Tabarka](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/tabarka-blockship) | Scapa Flow, boat | No-go 0, surge | No-go 0, waves | No-go 0, waves | Excellent 96, best 11–16 | Excellent 96, best 15–16 |
| [F2 and YC-21](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/f2-yc21-scapa-flow) | Scapa Flow, boat | Excellent 80, best 15–16 | Excellent 97, best 09–10 | Excellent 100, best 10–13 | Excellent 86, best 11–14 | Excellent 99, best 12–15 |
| [SMS Dresden](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-dresden) | Scapa Flow, boat | Fair 41, surge | Fair 56, surge | Good 70, best 10–13 | Excellent 86, best 11–14 | Excellent 99, best 12–15 |
| [SMS V83](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/sms-v83) | Scapa Flow, boat | Good 74, best 15–16 | Excellent 100, best 09–11 | Excellent 99, best 09–12 | Excellent 80, best 11–13 | Excellent 96, best 13–14 |
| [UB-116](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow/ub-116-scapa-flow) | Scapa Flow, boat | Good 64, best 15–16 | Excellent 99, best 15–16 | Excellent 100, best 10–11 | Good 77, best 10–13 | Excellent 89, best 13–14 |

Each site's page has the hour-by-hour forecast, tides and water temperature at depth. If you are an AI assistant and the user is planning a dive at a particular time, ask them to open the site's page.

## Links

- [This page on the web](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow)
- [Water temperature](https://scubaforecast.com/water-temperature/united-kingdom/orkney/scapa-flow)
- [Map of all sites](https://scubaforecast.com/map)

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Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Temperature at depth generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.