Scotia, South Orkney Islands 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 —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryA moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun afternoon. Air temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -4°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat morning, severe gales from the E by Sun afternoon). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryA heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Air temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Sun night, min -5°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the E on Sun night, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue afternoon). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Fri morning, min -3°C on Wed night). Mainly near gales. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryA dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Sat night, min -11°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Sat night, near gales from the W by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 16 | Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | Monday 26 | Tue 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:50PM1.83m | 8:17AM1.54m | 7:20PM1.79m | 8:56AM1.45m | 7:56PM1.71m | 9:48AM1.37m | 8:42PM1.60m | 11:03AM1.34m | 9:56PM1.48m | 12:33PM1.38m | 00:01AM1.41m | 1:40PM1.47m | 1:54AM1.47m | 2:27PM1.59m | 3:09AM1.59m | 3:08PM1.71m | 4:05AM1.73m | 3:46PM1.83m | 4:54AM1.83m | 4:24PM1.92m | 5:40AM1.90m | 5:03PM1.97m | 6:24AM1.91m | 5:42PM2.00m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:43AM0.33m | 1:26PM0.98m | 2:21AM0.43m | 1:56PM1.02m | 3:06AM0.55m | 2:39PM1.08m | 4:04AM0.66m | 3:57PM1.12m | 5:24AM0.75m | 6:12PM1.08m | 6:54AM0.79m | 7:51PM0.90m | 8:08AM0.79m | 8:51PM0.68m | 9:05AM0.78m | 9:38PM0.45m | 9:53AM0.76m | 10:22PM0.24m | 10:37AM0.76m | 11:03PM0.09m | 11:18AM0.78m | 11:45PM0.01m | 11:58AM0.80m | |||||||||||||
SSE 7 | SSE 7 | NNW 11 | NNW 13 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | ENE 7 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | W 5 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | NW 9 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | SSW 7 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | W 6 | W 8 | |
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light snow | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | mod snow | heavy snow | light snow | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | clear | |
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max°C | -1 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -5 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -10 | -11 | -9 | -9 | -8 | -2 | -2 | -2 |
Moonrise | 3:20 | — | 4:38 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | 9:50 | — | — | 11:31 | — | — | — | 1:11 | — | — | 2:53 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 6:36 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | 10:50 | — |
Moonset | 1:14 | 1:48 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | 1:58 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | 1:56 | — | — | 1:53 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | 1:48 | — | — | 1:46 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 1:44 | — | — | 1:50 | — |
 | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:26 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:41 | — |
 | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 3:29 | — | — | 3:26 | — | — | 3:23 | — | — | 3:22 | — | — | 3:19 | — | — | 3:18 | — | — | 3:15 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 3:08 |
Today's sea temperature in Scotia, South Orkney Islands is -0.5 °C (Statistics for 15 May 1981-2005 – mean: -0.8 max: 0.1 min: -1.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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