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 — and sunset is at 03:14 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Sun afternoon, moderate winds from the SW by Mon night).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Thu morning, near gales from the SSE by Sat morning).									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Sat afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the E by Sun night).									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, strong winds from the NW by Thu night).
	Sun 14		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri 26
	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	AM
Wave Height Map See all maps
High Tide	4:37PM2.64m	5:25AM2.60m		5:33PM2.66m		6:10AM2.70m		6:22PM2.71m	6:50AM2.81m		7:06PM2.79m	7:27AM2.91m		7:46PM2.86m	8:03AM3.00m		8:24PM2.90m	8:38AM3.07m		9:00PM2.91m	9:13AM3.12m		9:36PM2.88m	9:48AM3.14m		10:11PM2.81m	10:22AM3.13m		10:47PM2.73m	10:56AM3.09m		11:27PM2.65m	11:33AM3.02m		00:12AM2.57m
Low Tide		11:10PM0.84m	11:35AM1.06m		11:59PM0.80m		12:23PM0.91m	00:41AM0.74m		1:04PM0.77m	1:19AM0.67m		1:42PM0.63m	1:55AM0.61m		2:18PM0.53m	2:29AM0.55m		2:54PM0.46m	3:04AM0.53m		3:30PM0.42m	3:38AM0.53m		4:07PM0.43m	4:12AM0.57m		4:45PM0.46m	4:48AM0.65m		5:24PM0.51m	5:26AM0.75m			6:06PM0.56m	6:08AM0.88m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 5	SW 4	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 10	SSE 6	SE 11	SSE 6	SW 5	S 4	SSE 5	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	SE 10	SE 9	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 5	ESE 4	E 7	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	SSE 3	E 7	S 3	SSW 4	NNW 4

	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
km/h	SSE	W	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	NW
mm	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	5	7	—	—	2	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1
max°C	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	9	10	11	10	8
Moonrise	—	—	4:09	—	—	5:35	—	—	7:04	—	—	8:32	—	—	9:50	—	—	10:43	—	—	11:10	—	—	11:23	—	—	11:29	—	—	11:32	—	—	11:34	—	—	11:35
Moonset	—	—	12:35	—	—	12:38	—	—	12:45	—	—	12:58	—	—	1:26	—	—	2:22	—	—	—	3:43	—	—	5:15	—	—	6:49	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	9:52	—
	—	—	8:59	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04
	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:17	—	—	3:18	—	—
	Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 9.8° C (Statistics for 14 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.4 max: 10.3 min: 8.4°C)