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 09:00 AM and sunset is at 03:14 PM.

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Fri afternoon, moderate winds from the S by Fri night).									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.									Days 7–9 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Tue morning, min 5°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, gales from the ESE by Wed afternoon).									Days 10–12 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Sat night, moderate winds from the SE by Sun night).
	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28
	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
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High Tide	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		2:10PM2.77m	3:15AM2.52m
Low Tide		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		8:50PM0.72m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 6	SSE 10	S 4	SW 6	SW 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 5	SE 6	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	ESE 7	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 5

	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk tstorm	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain
km/h	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSE	W	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE
mm	1	2	—	—	—	3	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	3	2	13
max°C	10	10	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:15	—	—	3:17	—	—	3:18	—	—	3:18	—	—	3:18	—	—	3:19	—
	Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 9.8° C (Statistics for 17 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.2 max: 10.3 min: 7.8°C)