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 —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Mon night, min 3°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Low air temperatures (max 6°C on Sun afternoon, min 3°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, gales from the SSE by Sun morning). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Tue night, min 3°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Sun night, near gales from the WNW by Tue afternoon). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Fri morning, min 3°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, strong winds from the NW by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wed 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | |
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High Tide | 2:05AM2.34m | 2:38PM2.30m | 3:27AM2.24m | 4:13PM2.22m | 4:58AM2.29m | 5:39PM2.30m | 6:08AM2.46m | 6:39PM2.47m | 6:57AM2.70m | 7:23PM2.65m | 7:35AM2.94m | 7:59PM2.83m | 8:07AM3.16m | 8:31PM2.98m | 8:37AM3.35m | 9:03PM3.10m | 9:07AM3.49m | 9:33PM3.18m | 9:37AM3.56m | 10:05PM3.21m | 10:09AM3.55m | 10:37PM3.17m | 10:44AM3.45m | 11:13PM3.08m | 11:23AM3.28m | 11:53PM2.93m | 12:10PM3.03m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:37PM1.11m | 8:03AM1.26m | 8:46PM1.31m | 9:41AM1.37m | 10:35PM1.36m | 11:28AM1.28m | 11:56PM1.22m | 12:31PM1.06m | 00:45AM1.01m | 1:13PM0.82m | 1:22AM0.80m | 1:49PM0.56m | 1:55AM0.60m | 2:22PM0.33m | 2:28AM0.43m | 2:55PM0.13m | 3:00AM0.30m | 3:27PM-0.01m | 3:33AM0.23m | 4:01PM-0.07m | 4:07AM0.22m | 4:35PM-0.03m | 4:43AM0.28m | 5:12PM0.10m | 5:22AM0.40m | 5:52PM0.32m | 6:05AM0.58m | 6:38PM0.60m | |||||||||||||||||||
ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 5 | E 5 | ESE 9 | E 8 | E 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 7 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 12 | E 8 | ESE 7 | E 7 | NW 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | SE 5 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | ENE 5 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | NE 9 | NE 4 | NNE 3 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 3 | |
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light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | mod rain | light rain | cloudy | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Moonrise | — | 3:54 | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:43 |
Moonset | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 9:57 | — | — | 11:02 | — | — | 12:29 | — | — | 2:04 | — | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | — | 9:59 | — | — | 11:39 | — | — | — | 1:24 | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 4:55 |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:18 |
 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 7.1° C (Statistics for 09 Feb 1981-2005 – mean: 7.5 max: 8.6 min: 6.0°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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