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 05:16 AM and sunset is at 08:49 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Fri night, min 5°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SE by Sat morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Sat night, strong winds from the ENE by Sun night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Wed night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Tue night, min 7°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue night, fresh winds from the ENE by Thu morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Fri night, min 7°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Mon 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 12:40PM1.95m | 00:54AM1.96m | 1:14PM1.91m | 1:26AM1.95m | 1:51PM1.86m | 2:01AM1.91m | 2:32PM1.77m | 2:40AM1.84m | 3:22PM1.67m | 3:27AM1.76m | 4:25PM1.58m | 4:28AM1.67m | 5:45PM1.53m | 5:45AM1.63m | 7:07PM1.55m | 7:03AM1.65m | 8:19PM1.63m | 8:14AM1.74m | 9:16PM1.74m | 9:15AM1.88m | 10:04PM1.85m | 10:09AM2.01m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:39PM0.45m | 6:56AM0.47m | 7:11PM0.53m | 7:32AM0.50m | 7:47PM0.62m | 8:11AM0.56m | 8:26PM0.73m | 8:57AM0.63m | 9:12PM0.84m | 9:53AM0.68m | 10:12PM0.93m | 11:09AM0.70m | 11:38PM0.96m | 12:44PM0.63m | 1:14AM0.90m | 1:58PM0.50m | 2:21AM0.77m | 2:54PM0.35m | 3:13AM0.62m | 3:43PM0.24m | 4:00AM0.48m | 4:29PM0.17m | |||||||||||||
ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 9 | NE 4 | SE 6 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 6 | E 4 | E 5 | E 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SSE 5 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | E 3 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | E 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 4 | E 5 | ESE 8 | ENE 8 | |
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cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | 7 | 2.0 | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Moonrise | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | — | 1:26 | — | — | 3:01 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:22 | — |
Moonset | 5:11 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 10:18 | — | — | 12:08 | — | — | 1:55 | — | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 7:09 |
 | 5:16 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:47 | — |
 | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:14 | — | 9:15 |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 7.7 °C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 7.8 max: 8.7 min: 6.7°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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