Kirkwall Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Kirkwall 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 03:14 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, near gales from the SSE by Thu afternoon).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Fri afternoon, moderate winds from the E by Mon morning).									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Sat morning, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the N by Sun afternoon).
	Tue 16		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun 28
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM
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High Tide		6:22PM2.71m	6:50AM2.81m		7:06PM2.79m	7:27AM2.91m		7:46PM2.86m	8:03AM3.00m		8:24PM2.90m	8:38AM3.07m		9:00PM2.91m	9:13AM3.12m		9:36PM2.88m	9:48AM3.14m		10:11PM2.81m	10:22AM3.13m		10:47PM2.73m	10:56AM3.09m		11:27PM2.65m	11:33AM3.02m		00:12AM2.57m		12:16PM2.94m	1:05AM2.51m		1:07PM2.85m	2:07AM2.49m
Low Tide	12:23PM0.91m	00:41AM0.74m		1:04PM0.77m	1:19AM0.67m		1:42PM0.63m	1:55AM0.61m		2:18PM0.53m	2:29AM0.55m		2:54PM0.46m	3:04AM0.53m		3:30PM0.42m	3:38AM0.53m		4:07PM0.43m	4:12AM0.57m		4:45PM0.46m	4:48AM0.65m		5:24PM0.51m	5:26AM0.75m			6:06PM0.56m	6:08AM0.88m		6:53PM0.62m	6:57AM1.00m		7:46PM0.68m	7:58AM1.09m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSE 5	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	S 6	SSE 10	SSW 5	SW 6	SW 4	S 4	SSE 4	SE 5	SSE 9	SE 7	ESE 6	SE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 7	ESE 7	ENE 5	ENE 4	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 4	NE 4	ENE 5	NE 4

	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk tstorm	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
km/h	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSE	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	S	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	NE	NE	NE	S	S	SE	SE	SE	ESE	NE	N	NE	NE	NE
mm	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	4	—	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max°C	8	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	8	6	5	5
Moonrise	—	—	7:04	—	—	8:32	—	—	9:50	—	—	10:43	—	—	11:10	—	—	11:23	—	—	11:29	—	—	11:32	—	—	11:34	—	—	11:35	—	—	11:35	—	—	11:36
Moonset	—	—	12:45	—	—	12:58	—	—	1:26	—	—	2:22	—	—	—	3:43	—	—	5:15	—	—	6:49	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	9:52	—	—	11:23	—	—	—	12:56
	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:03	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:06	—	—	9:06
	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:14	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:17	—	—	3:18	—	—	3:18	—	—	3:18	—	—
	Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 9.9° C (Statistics for 16 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.3 max: 10.3 min: 7.8°C)