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 — and sunset is at 07:08 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Sat night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sun night, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Sun night, calm by Tue night). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Thu morning, gales from the S by Fri morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Mainly near gales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | Tue 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:26PM1.86m | 3:54AM1.79m | 4:17PM1.78m | 5:01AM1.69m | 5:25PM1.72m | 6:30AM1.64m | 6:49PM1.72m | 8:08AM1.71m | 8:14PM1.81m | 9:24AM1.85m | 9:21PM1.97m | 10:16AM2.00m | 10:15PM2.15m | 11:01AM2.12m | 11:02PM2.30m | 11:42AM2.20m | 11:46PM2.41m | 12:22PM2.23m | 00:29AM2.45m | 1:01PM2.21m | 1:12AM2.41m | 1:39PM2.15m | 1:54AM2.29m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:26PM0.86m | 9:52AM0.94m | 10:25PM0.95m | 10:58AM1.06m | 11:56PM0.99m | 12:48PM1.11m | 1:56AM0.88m | 2:26PM1.02m | 3:03AM0.68m | 3:23PM0.88m | 3:53AM0.47m | 4:09PM0.72m | 4:38AM0.29m | 4:52PM0.57m | 5:20AM0.17m | 5:32PM0.46m | 6:02AM0.14m | 6:11PM0.40m | 6:42AM0.20m | 6:51PM0.40m | 7:21AM0.34m | 7:31PM0.46m | 8:00AM0.54m | |||||||||||||
SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | S 5 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 4 | NNE 9 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 10 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | ESE 9 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | WSW 4 | NW 4 | S 4 | SSE 4 | |
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rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | mod rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | |
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2.0 | 3 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 26 | 5 | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | 7 | 2.0 | — | — | 6 | |
max°C | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
Moonrise | 3:49 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | 6:59 |
Moonset | 7:51 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 11:14 | — | — | — | 1:12 | — | — | 3:07 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 10:14 | — | — | 12:01 | — | — | 1:49 |
 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:13 |
 | 7:08 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 6:40 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 12.3 °C (Statistics for 21 Sep 1981-2005 – mean: 11.9 max: 13.1 min: 10.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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