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 — and sunset is at 08:45 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Fri night, min 5°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SE by Sat morning). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the S by Mon night). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Mon 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 00:23AM1.95m | 12:40PM1.95m | 00:54AM1.96m | 1:14PM1.91m | 1:26AM1.95m | 1:51PM1.86m | 2:01AM1.91m | 2:32PM1.77m | 2:40AM1.84m | 3:22PM1.67m | 3:27AM1.76m | 4:25PM1.58m | 4:28AM1.67m | 5:45PM1.53m | 5:45AM1.63m | 7:07PM1.55m | 7:03AM1.65m | 8:19PM1.63m | 8:14AM1.74m | 9:16PM1.74m | 9:15AM1.88m | 10:04PM1.85m | 10:09AM2.01m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:07PM0.41m | 6:23AM0.46m | 6:39PM0.45m | 6:56AM0.47m | 7:11PM0.53m | 7:32AM0.50m | 7:47PM0.62m | 8:11AM0.56m | 8:26PM0.73m | 8:57AM0.63m | 9:12PM0.84m | 9:53AM0.68m | 10:12PM0.93m | 11:09AM0.70m | 11:38PM0.96m | 12:44PM0.63m | 1:14AM0.90m | 1:58PM0.50m | 2:21AM0.77m | 2:54PM0.35m | 3:13AM0.62m | 3:43PM0.24m | 4:00AM0.48m | |||||||||||||
N 3 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 10 | E 3 | ESE 3 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | E 5 | E 5 | ESE 5 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 4 | SE 6 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 8 | ENE 6 | NE 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | |
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cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | heavy rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 7 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Moonrise | — | 10:05 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | — | 1:26 | — | — | 3:01 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:22 |
Moonset | 5:11 | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 10:18 | — | — | 12:08 | — | — | 1:55 | — | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 5:23 | — | 7:09 |
 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:47 |
 | 8:45 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:14 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 7.7 °C (Statistics for 24 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 7.8 max: 8.7 min: 6.7°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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