Lerwick Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 08:19 AM and sunset is at 03:19 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sat night, min 3°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, gales from the ESE by Sat night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SE on Sun morning, calm by Mon night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri night, min 6°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat morning, min 4°C on Sun night). Mainly near gales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:26PM2.02m | 3:27AM1.73m | 3:25PM1.92m | 4:37AM1.64m | 4:32PM1.84m | 5:50AM1.63m | 5:42PM1.81m | 6:55AM1.68m | 6:48PM1.82m | 7:46AM1.76m | 7:44PM1.86m | 8:27AM1.84m | 8:32PM1.91m | 9:03AM1.93m | 9:14PM1.96m | 9:37AM2.02m | 9:52PM2.01m | 10:10AM2.09m | 10:29PM2.05m | 10:42AM2.15m | 11:06PM2.07m | 11:15AM2.19m | 11:43PM2.07m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:04AM1.10m | 9:07PM0.80m | 9:01AM1.19m | 10:29PM0.87m | 10:31AM1.23m | 11:42PM0.89m | 11:56AM1.20m | 00:39AM0.87m | 12:56PM1.13m | 1:27AM0.84m | 1:46PM1.05m | 2:09AM0.81m | 2:29PM0.97m | 2:45AM0.78m | 3:06PM0.90m | 3:20AM0.76m | 3:41PM0.84m | 3:53AM0.76m | 4:15PM0.79m | 4:26AM0.77m | 4:50PM0.75m | 5:00AM0.79m | 5:27PM0.73m | 5:36AM0.83m | ||||||||||||
NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 9 | NE 9 | SE 4 | SE 7 | SE 8 | ESE 11 | SE 10 | SSE 7 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | S 6 | SSE 9 | SE 5 | NNE 4 | SE 9 | E 8 | SE 4 | SE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 5 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 7 | NE 10 | |
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rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | mod rain | mod rain | mod rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | |
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1.0 | — | 4 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | |
max°C | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Moonrise | — | 8:47 | — | — | — | 10:21 | — | — | 11:47 | — | — | — | 1:10 | — | — | 2:32 | — | — | 3:54 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 8:26 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 11:36 | — | — |
Moonset | 1:51 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | 1:50 | — | — | 1:49 | — | — | 1:47 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 1:44 | — | — | 1:43 | — | — | 1:43 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 1:52 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — |
 | 8:19 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:26 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | 8:44 | — | — |
 | — | 3:19 | — | — | 3:18 | — | — | 3:15 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:12 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 3:10 | — | — | 3:07 | — | — | 3:07 | — | — | 3:06 | — | — | 3:03 | — | — | 3:03 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 10.1 °C (Statistics for 21 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 9.7 max: 10.8 min: 8.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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