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 09:02 AM and sunset is at 02:56 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Mon night, strong winds from the SSW by Wed morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Fri afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun morning, calm by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Thu night, min 4°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:36AM1.78m | 7:49PM1.85m | 8:25AM1.87m | 8:43PM1.88m | 9:08AM1.96m | 9:30PM1.92m | 9:46AM2.04m | 10:11PM1.97m | 10:22AM2.11m | 10:50PM2.00m | 10:56AM2.16m | 11:27PM2.01m | 11:29AM2.20m | 00:03AM2.01m | 12:03PM2.21m | 00:40AM1.99m | 12:38PM2.20m | 1:19AM1.95m | 1:17PM2.16m | 2:01AM1.90m | 1:58PM2.10m | 2:48AM1.84m | 2:46PM2.03m | 3:41AM1.80m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:49PM1.04m | 2:11AM0.90m | 2:38PM0.98m | 2:51AM0.90m | 3:21PM0.92m | 3:29AM0.89m | 3:59PM0.86m | 4:04AM0.88m | 4:35PM0.81m | 4:39AM0.88m | 5:10PM0.77m | 5:13AM0.89m | 5:46PM0.73m | 5:49AM0.89m | 6:22PM0.71m | 6:25AM0.91m | 7:00PM0.70m | 7:03AM0.92m | 7:40PM0.70m | 7:44AM0.94m | 8:24PM0.71m | 8:29AM0.97m | 9:12PM0.73m | |||||||||||||
SSE 10 | S 6 | SSE 9 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 8 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | SE 8 | ESE 5 | SE 6 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Moonrise | 4:06 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 10:56 | — | — | 11:18 | — | — | 11:26 | — | — | 11:29 | — | — | 11:30 | — | — | 11:29 | — | — | 11:29 | — | — |
Moonset | 12:23 | — | — | 12:23 | — | — | 12:26 | — | — | 12:35 | — | — | 12:58 | — | — | 1:54 | — | — | — | 3:20 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | — | 9:42 | — | — | 11:15 |
 | 9:02 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — |
 | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:57 | — | — | 2:59 | — | — | 2:59 | — | — | — | 3:00 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 10.0° C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.1 max: 10.1 min: 8.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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