Fair Isle Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Fair Isle 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 09:02 AM and sunset is at 03:03 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Fri afternoon, moderate winds from the S by Sat morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Mon morning, light winds from the ESE by Tue night).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Wed morning, min 4°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Fri night).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Sat morning, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Sun morning, calm by Mon night).

Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
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PM
night
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PM
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PM
night
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night
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PM
night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
9:39AM2.13m
9:58PM2.04m
10:11AM2.19m
10:36PM2.05m
10:43AM2.23m
11:13PM2.06m
11:15AM2.26m
11:50PM2.06m
11:50AM2.27m
00:28AM2.05m
12:26PM2.26m
1:07AM2.03m
1:04PM2.25m
1:49AM1.99m
1:45PM2.22m
2:35AM1.96m
2:30PM2.18m
3:26AM1.93m
3:21PM2.14m
4:23AM1.92m
4:20PM2.10m
5:28AM1.93m
5:29PM2.07m
Low Tide
3:23PM0.92m
3:29AM0.91m
3:59PM0.85m
4:01AM0.91m
4:34PM0.80m
4:33AM0.92m
5:07PM0.77m
5:05AM0.93m
5:41PM0.76m
5:38AM0.95m
6:17PM0.76m
6:13AM0.98m
6:55PM0.77m
6:52AM1.01m
7:39PM0.80m
7:36AM1.06m
8:30PM0.83m
8:30AM1.11m
9:30PM0.86m
9:37AM1.14m
10:39PM0.87m
10:56AM1.14m
11:49PM0.86m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
4
WNW
18
4
WNW
19
4
WNW
18
3.5
WNW
16
4
WSW
13
3.5
WNW
15
2.4
WNW
13
2.2
W
12
2.2
WSW
10
2.5
WNW
16
3
WNW
16
2.5
WNW
15
3
W
11
2.5
ESE
8
3
SE
8
3
SE
9
3
SE
9
2.5
ESE
9
2
W
12
1.8
WNW
14
1.6
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
11
1
W
10
0.9
WNW
12
1
W
12
1.1
W
12
1.5
WNW
14
2
WNW
13
2.5
NNW
10
3
NNE
9
2.5
NE
9
1.6
N
10
1.3
NNW
12
1.1
NW
12
0.8
WNW
13
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cloud
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
rain shwrs
some clouds
risk tstorm
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
 km/h
50
SW
40
S
45
SW
50
SSW
60
WSW
45
WSW
25
S
35
S
35
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
40
ESE
30
SE
10
ENE
15
N
25
NE
20
NE
10
NE
10
WSW
5
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
45
NE
45
NE
40
NE
25
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
0
N
 mm 
3
2
max°C
9
9
9
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
Moonrise
8:32
9:51
10:44
11:10
11:22
11:27
11:29
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:32
Moonset
12:47
1:14
2:10
3:32
5:06
6:41
8:14
9:45
11:17
12:50
2:29
Sunrise
9:02
9:02
9:03
9:03
9:03
9:04
9:04
9:04
9:04
9:04
9:04
9:04
Sunset
3:03
3:03
3:03
3:04
3:04
3:06
3:06
3:07
3:07
3:08
3:10
3:11
Today's sea temperature in Fair Isle is
10.4° C
(Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.1 max: 10.0 min: 7.7°C)
Issued (local time): 11 am Thursday 18 Dec 2025
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