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 05:05 AM and sunset is at 08:59 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Wed night, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun night, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed night, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Fri afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Fri 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 10:48PM1.95m | 10:58AM2.11m | 11:30PM2.02m | 11:45AM2.16m | 00:11AM2.05m | 12:31PM2.14m | 00:51AM2.04m | 1:17PM2.05m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 4:29PM0.17m | 4:44AM0.36m | 5:12PM0.17m | 5:27AM0.28m | 5:54PM0.24m | 6:10AM0.25m | 6:35PM0.36m | 6:54AM0.28m | |||||||||||||
ESE 9 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 8 | SE 9 | ESE 6 | ESE 5 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 6 | ESE 4 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 5 | SSE 3 | ESE 4 | SE 3 | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 3 | S 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | |
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rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | |
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1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Moonrise | 3:59 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 4:37 | — |
Moonset | 6:44 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 10:18 | — | — | 12:08 | — | — | 1:55 | — | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 10:54 | — | — | — | 12:48 | — |
 | 5:05 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:39 | — | — | 4:37 | — |
 | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 9:23 | — | 9:25 |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 7.7 °C (Statistics for 29 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 8.0 max: 8.7 min: 7.1°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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