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 07:50 AM and sunset is at 04:46 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 6°C on Wed morning, min 4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Low air temperatures (max 5°C on Sat morning, min 4°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sat night, strong winds from the SSE by Mon night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Thu morning, min 4°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Tue night, moderate winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Sat morning). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 10:50AM2.21m | 11:23PM2.02m | 11:27AM2.25m | 11:58PM2.02m | 12:03PM2.25m | 00:30AM2.00m | 12:36PM2.20m | 1:01AM1.95m | 1:07PM2.13m | 1:30AM1.89m | 1:38PM2.03m | 2:00AM1.83m | 2:10PM1.91m | 2:32AM1.76m | 2:46PM1.78m | 3:10AM1.69m | 3:31PM1.65m | 3:59AM1.62m | 4:34PM1.55m | 5:06AM1.58m | 6:01PM1.50m | 6:31AM1.60m | 7:58PM1.56m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:04PM0.42m | 5:10AM0.69m | 5:39PM0.39m | 5:43AM0.64m | 6:12PM0.40m | 6:14AM0.63m | 6:44PM0.44m | 6:44AM0.65m | 7:14PM0.51m | 7:15AM0.69m | 7:44PM0.61m | 7:46AM0.76m | 8:16PM0.72m | 8:21AM0.85m | 8:50PM0.85m | 9:02AM0.95m | 9:33PM0.97m | 10:00AM1.05m | 10:34PM1.08m | 11:46AM1.09m | 00:41AM1.12m | 1:56PM1.00m | 2:08AM1.05m | |||||||||||||
SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | E 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 5 | SSE 6 | |
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clear | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | — | — | — | |
max°C | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Moonrise | — | 4:31 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | — | 10:16 | — | — | 11:41 | — | — | — | 1:10 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 6:59 | — | — |
Moonset | 8:23 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 9:27 | — | — |
 | 7:50 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — |
 | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:49 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:15 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 8.1 °C (Statistics for 12 Feb 1981-2005 – mean: 7.7 max: 8.6 min: 6.7°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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