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 SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Wed night, light winds from the S by Thu night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sat night, min 7°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Sat night, moderate winds from the SSW by Mon night). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Tue night, severe gales from the SSE by Fri morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon night, min 7°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SW on Fri night, moderate winds from the SW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Mon 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:20AM2.58m | 1:24PM2.93m | 2:27AM2.48m | 2:29PM2.78m | 3:33AM2.46m | 3:35PM2.68m | 4:33AM2.50m | 4:37PM2.64m | 5:25AM2.60m | 5:33PM2.66m | 6:10AM2.70m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:53PM0.48m | 6:59AM0.98m | 7:56PM0.67m | 8:04AM1.14m | 9:05PM0.79m | 9:20AM1.21m | 10:12PM0.84m | 10:34AM1.17m | 11:10PM0.84m | 11:35AM1.06m | 11:59PM0.80m | 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 | ||||||||||||
SW 5 | S 4 | SSE 5 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 4 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SW 5 | SSW 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | S 5 | SSW 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SW 6 | S 5 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SSW 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 4 | SE 7 | S 5 | S 3 | SSE 4 | S 4 | |
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rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | light rain | light rain | cloudy | |
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2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | |
max°C | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
Moonrise | 10:32 | — | — | 11:59 | — | — | — | 1:23 | — | — | 2:45 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 9:50 | — | — | 10:43 | — | — | 11:10 | — | — | 11:23 | — |
Moonset | — | 12:33 | — | — | 12:33 | — | — | 12:33 | — | — | 12:34 | — | — | 12:35 | — | — | 12:38 | — | — | 12:45 | — | — | 12:58 | — | — | 1:26 | — | — | 2:22 | — | — | — | 3:43 | — | — | 5:15 |
 | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:03 | — |
 | — | — | 3:15 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 3:15 | — | — | 3:15 | — | — | 3:15 |
Today's sea temperature in Kirkwall is 9.9° C (Statistics for 10 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.5 max: 10.5 min: 8.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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