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 05:20 AM and sunset is at 09:12 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue night, calm by Wed afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri night, calm by Sun morning). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the S by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:18AM3.02m | 8:31PM3.33m | 9:08AM3.19m | 9:17PM3.56m | 9:53AM3.29m | 10:00PM3.70m | 10:34AM3.31m | 10:40PM3.73m | 11:14AM3.27m | 11:20PM3.63m | 11:52AM3.16m | 00:00AM3.43m | 12:30PM3.00m | 00:40AM3.16m | 1:09PM2.81m | 1:24AM2.86m | 1:53PM2.60m | 2:16AM2.57m | 2:49PM2.41m | 3:26AM2.34m | 4:07PM2.29m | 4:57AM2.24m | 5:35PM2.32m | 6:22AM2.31m | 6:47PM2.48m | 7:22AM2.46m | 7:38PM2.69m | 8:06AM2.63m | 8:17PM2.92m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:24PM0.46m | 2:56AM0.05m | 3:10PM0.28m | 3:41AM-0.15m | 3:52PM0.17m | 4:24AM-0.24m | 4:32PM0.14m | 5:04AM-0.21m | 5:11PM0.19m | 5:43AM-0.06m | 5:49PM0.31m | 6:20AM0.18m | 6:28PM0.49m | 6:57AM0.47m | 7:08PM0.72m | 7:37AM0.78m | 7:53PM0.96m | 8:23AM1.07m | 8:52PM1.18m | 9:30AM1.29m | 10:24PM1.31m | 11:13AM1.36m | 00:10AM1.24m | 12:37PM1.24m | 1:15AM1.05m | 1:28PM1.05m | 1:58AM0.82m | 2:06PM0.84m | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 3 | SSE 3 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 4 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | NW 3 | E 6 | E 6 | E 3 | ESE 2 | ESE 2 | SE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | E 3 | NNE 3 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 4 | NW 3 | W 2 | W 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 2 | SW 2 | WSW 2 | NW 3 | W 2 | NW 2 | SSE 2 | SSE 3 | SE 3 | SE 7 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 |
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cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | |
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mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
max °C | 11 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Moonrise | 2:35 | — | — | 4:27 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 9:27 | — | — | 10:58 | — | — | 12:28 | — | — | 1:59 | — | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:14 |
Moonset | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:13 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:17 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 9:27 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:55 | — | — | — | 12:10 | — | — | 1:38 | — | — | 3:10 | — |
 | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — |
 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:01 | — | 8:59 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:42 | — | — | 8:39 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:30 |
Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 13.5° C (Statistics for 11 Aug 1981-2005 – mean: 13.2 max: 14.8 min: 11.4°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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