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 07:47 AM and sunset is at 03:48 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, near gales from the NNE by Tue night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Wed afternoon, min 5°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the N on Wed morning, moderate winds from the N by Fri morning). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Mon morning, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sun morning, strong winds from the SE by Mon night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the ESE on Wed morning, light winds from the ENE by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:11PM2.22m | 1:53AM2.09m | 2:00PM2.13m | 2:56AM1.91m | 2:58PM2.02m | 4:08AM1.77m | 4:08PM1.93m | 5:29AM1.70m | 5:23PM1.89m | 6:45AM1.71m | 6:35PM1.90m | 7:42AM1.77m | 7:38PM1.94m | 8:25AM1.85m | 8:28PM1.99m | 9:02AM1.94m | 9:12PM2.03m | 9:37AM2.02m | 9:51PM2.06m | 10:10AM2.09m | 10:27PM2.07m | 10:42AM2.13m | 11:02PM2.06m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:56AM0.80m | 7:27PM0.57m | 7:45AM0.97m | 8:28PM0.68m | 8:42AM1.12m | 9:49PM0.77m | 10:05AM1.21m | 11:18PM0.79m | 11:38AM1.20m | 00:26AM0.78m | 12:44PM1.12m | 1:21AM0.75m | 1:37PM1.03m | 2:07AM0.73m | 2:22PM0.94m | 2:45AM0.72m | 3:02PM0.86m | 3:20AM0.71m | 3:38PM0.80m | 3:53AM0.72m | 4:13PM0.76m | 4:24AM0.73m | 4:46PM0.74m | 4:55AM0.77m | ||||||||||||
SSE 3.0 | SSE 4.0 | SSE 6.0 | SSE 7.0 | SE 6.0 | SE 6.0 | SE 7.0 | SE 7.0 | SE 7.0 | ENE 8.0 | ESE 7.0 | ESE 6.0 | E 6.0 | NE 5.0 | NE 8.0 | NE 13.0 | NE 12.0 | NE 5.0 | NE 5.0 | ENE 5.0 | ENE 7.0 | ESE 8.0 | ESE 8.0 | ESE 8.0 | SE 8.0 | SSE 4.0 | SSE 4.0 | SE 6.0 | SE 6.0 | ESE 7.0 | ESE 8.0 | ESE 10.0 | ESE 6.0 | ESE 8.0 | ESE 5.0 | SE 6.0 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | heavy rain | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | |
max°C | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Moonrise | — | 5:56 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | 9:33 | — | — | 11:10 | — | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 2:07 | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 9:25 | — | — |
Moonset | 2:01 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 2:17 | — | — | 2:17 | — | — | 2:17 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — | 2:14 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — |
 | 7:47 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — |
 | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:45 | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 3:40 | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 3:36 | — | — | 3:33 | — | — | 3:32 | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 3:26 | — | — | 3:25 | — | — | 3:22 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 11.6 °C (Statistics for 09 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 10.2 max: 11.0 min: 9.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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