Kirkwall Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Kirkwall 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 05:13 AM and sunset is at 09:05 PM.

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Wed afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the SE by Mon night).									Days 7–9 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, calm by Thu night).									Days 10–12 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 1			Thursday 2			Friday 3			Saturday 4			Sunday 5			Monday 6			Tuesday 7			Wednesday 8			Thursday 9			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night
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High Tide		3:18PM2.34m	3:37AM2.60m		4:50PM2.42m	4:56AM2.74m		6:01PM2.63m	6:00AM2.97m		6:55PM2.88m	6:54AM3.20m			7:41PM3.12m	7:44AM3.40m		8:23PM3.31m	8:31AM3.53m		9:04PM3.43m	9:17AM3.55m		9:43PM3.47m	10:02AM3.48m		10:23PM3.43m	10:48AM3.32m		11:03PM3.31m	11:35AM3.09m		11:47PM3.14m	12:26PM2.82m		00:36AM2.94m
Low Tide	8:49AM0.96m		9:12PM1.21m	10:17AM0.88m		10:41PM1.18m	11:36AM0.65m		11:56PM1.00m	12:37PM0.37m		00:55AM0.74m		1:27PM0.11m	1:45AM0.48m		2:12PM-0.07m	2:30AM0.25m		2:56PM-0.14m	3:14AM0.08m		3:37PM-0.09m	3:58AM0.01m		4:18PM0.05m	4:41AM0.04m		4:59PM0.26m	5:25AM0.17m		5:41PM0.51m	6:11AM0.37m		6:24PM0.77m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	ESE 5	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	E 4	SE 3	ESE 4	SE 4	ESE 5	ESE 4	ESE 4	SE 5	SE 7	WNW 4	NNW 4	NW 4	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	NE 4	ENE 3	ESE 2	ESE 3	E 2	E 2

	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
km/h	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	SSW	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	7	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max°C	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7
Moonrise	4:22	—	—	4:26	—	—	4:29	—	—	4:30	—	—	4:30	—	—	4:31	—	—	4:33	—	—	4:36	—	—	4:43	—	—	4:59	—	—	5:36	—	—	6:48	—	—
Moonset	10:36	—	—	12:22	—	—	2:06	—	—	—	3:48	—	—	5:30	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	9:02	—	—	10:53	—	—	—	12:41	—	—	2:09	—	—	2:59	—	—
	5:13	—	—	5:11	—	—	5:07	—	—	5:05	—	—	5:03	—	—	5:01	—	—	4:58	—	—	4:56	—	—	4:54	—	—	4:50	—	—	4:48	—	—	4:47	—	—
	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:07	—	—	9:09	—	—	9:12	—	—	9:14	—	—	9:16	—	—	9:19	—	—	9:21	—	—	9:23	—	—	9:25	—	—	9:28	—	—	9:30
	Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 8.1 °C (Statistics for 01 May 1981-2005 – mean: 8.1 max: 9.0 min: 7.2°C)