Moray Firth (sheet pile wall) 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 08:57 AM and sunset is at 03:37 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 52mm) on Sun night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon morning, min 1°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the WSW by Mon morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryA light fall of snow, heaviest on Tue morning. Turning milder with light rain (total 6mm) on Wed night. Icy conditions (max 3°C on Wed night, min -3°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, near gales from the NE by Wed night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Fri night, min -4°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat afternoon). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Wed night, min -1°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:58AM3.82m | 10:22PM3.80m | 10:45AM3.99m | 11:12PM3.94m | 11:29AM4.16m | 11:58PM4.08m | 12:10PM4.29m | 00:42AM4.19m | 12:50PM4.42m | 1:23AM4.24m | 1:28PM4.47m | 2:03AM4.22m | 2:06PM4.48m | 2:45AM4.14m | 2:44PM4.44m | 3:27AM4.02m | 3:27PM4.34m | 4:14AM3.88m | 4:15PM4.20m | 5:08AM3.73m | 5:13PM4.03m | 6:11AM3.62m | 6:20PM3.90m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:16PM1.68m | 4:27AM1.52m | 5:03PM1.51m | 5:11AM1.45m | 5:47PM1.35m | 5:54AM1.39m | 6:30PM1.20m | 6:36AM1.36m | 7:12PM1.05m | 7:16AM1.35m | 7:52PM0.99m | 7:53AM1.38m | 8:33PM0.98m | 8:28AM1.44m | 9:14PM1.03m | 9:02AM1.52m | 9:59PM1.13m | 9:43AM1.62m | 10:57PM1.27m | 10:40AM1.73m | 00:10AM1.41m | 12:09PM1.81m | 1:25AM1.48m | |||||||||||||
E 14 | SW 2 | SW 3 | W 3 | NW 3 | ENE 2 | SW 4 | NE 6 | NE 7 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | ENE 5 | NE 8 | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 11 | NE 7 | SW 4 | WSW 3 | NE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 8 | NE 11 | NE 8 | ESE 4 | SSW 3 | WSW 2 | SW 2 | SW 2 | SW 2 | SW 3 | |
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rain shwrs | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light snow | light rain | light rain | heavy snow | mod snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | light snow | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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2.0 | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Moonrise | 7:18 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | 9:47 | — | — | 10:26 | — | — | 10:47 | — | — | 10:59 | — | — | 11:05 | — | — | 11:10 | — | — | 11:13 | — | — | 11:17 | — | — | 11:20 | — | — | 11:26 | — | — |
Moonset | 12:45 | — | — | 1:13 | — | — | 2:06 | — | — | — | 3:27 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 6:42 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | — | 9:54 | — | — | 11:28 | — | — | — | 1:02 | — | — | 2:39 | — | — |
 | 8:57 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — |
 | — | 3:37 | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 3:45 | — | — | 3:45 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:51 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Moray Firth (sheet pile wall) is 8.3 °C (Statistics for 28 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 8.8 max: 9.7 min: 7.7°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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