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 03:39 AM and sunset is at 10:34 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Wed morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed night, near gales from the W by Sat afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sat night, light winds from the S by Sun night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Tue night, calm by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Fri 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:38AM1.90m | 10:12PM1.91m | 10:40AM1.97m | 11:03PM2.01m | 11:37AM2.02m | 11:51PM2.09m | 12:28PM2.02m | 00:37AM2.13m | 1:18PM1.98m | 1:22AM2.14m | 2:05PM1.89m | 2:07AM2.09m | 2:52PM1.79m | 2:51AM2.02m | 3:37PM1.69m | 3:37AM1.92m | 4:23PM1.61m | 4:25AM1.81m | 5:10PM1.55m | 5:15AM1.71m | 6:00PM1.53m | 6:10AM1.62m | 6:54PM1.53m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:58PM0.53m | 4:23AM0.48m | 4:50PM0.54m | 5:16AM0.38m | 5:37PM0.57m | 6:06AM0.30m | 6:23PM0.60m | 6:54AM0.26m | 7:06PM0.64m | 7:42AM0.27m | 7:49PM0.69m | 8:29AM0.33m | 8:31PM0.74m | 9:18AM0.42m | 9:14PM0.80m | 10:07AM0.52m | 10:00PM0.85m | 10:58AM0.62m | 10:53PM0.90m | 11:52AM0.71m | 00:00AM0.94m | 12:50PM0.78m | |||||||||||||
SE 7.0 | S 4.0 | WSW 3.0 | WSW 3.0 | SW 3.0 | NNE 4.0 | NNE 8.0 | NNE 10.0 | NE 10.0 | SSE 4.0 | S 4.0 | SSE 4.0 | SSE 5.0 | S 5.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | W 3.0 | W 3.0 | W 3.0 | S 3.0 | SE 3.0 | SE 5.0 | SE 6.0 | SSE 5.0 | SSE 5.0 | WSW 4.0 | WNW 4.0 | WNW 4.0 | WNW 3.0 | S 3.0 | S 3.0 | NE 6.0 | NE 4.0 | NE 5.0 | |
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light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | heavy rain | mod rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | |
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1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
max°C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Moonrise | 1:14 | — | — | 1:26 | — | — | 2:06 | — | — | 3:34 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 8:54 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:53 | — | — | 1:17 | — | — | 2:41 | — | — | — | 4:07 |
Moonset | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 11:12 | — | — | 11:59 | — | — | — | 12:13 | — | — | 12:18 | — | — | 12:19 | — | — | 12:19 | — | — | 12:18 | — | — | 12:16 | — | — | 12:15 | — | — | 12:13 | — |
 | 3:39 | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 3:40 | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 3:43 | — | — | 3:44 | — | — | 3:45 | — | — | 3:46 | — | — | 3:47 | — |
 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 10:32 | — | — | 10:32 | — | — | 10:32 | — | — | 10:31 | — | — | 10:31 | — | — | 10:30 | — | — | 10:30 | — | — | 10:29 | — | 10:29 |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 11.3 °C (Statistics for 23 Jun 1981-2005 – mean: 10.7 max: 12.2 min: 9.5°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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