Lerwick 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 06:05 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Fri night. Low air temperatures (max 8°C on Fri night, min 5°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Wed night, min 8°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Thu morning). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri night, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu night, strong winds from the S by Fri afternoon). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue night, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, near gales from the S by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wed 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 5:30PM1.71m | 6:56AM1.61m | 6:58PM1.73m | 8:22AM1.72m | 8:15PM1.84m | 9:21AM1.87m | 9:15PM1.99m | 10:07AM2.02m | 10:06PM2.17m | 10:50AM2.14m | 10:53PM2.32m | 11:30AM2.23m | 11:39PM2.43m | 12:11PM2.27m | 00:23AM2.46m | 12:51PM2.27m | 1:08AM2.41m | 1:31PM2.23m | 1:55AM2.29m | 2:12PM2.14m | 2:44AM2.10m | 2:55PM2.04m | 3:39AM1.90m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:37AM0.98m | 1:12PM1.15m | 2:06AM0.83m | 2:27PM1.02m | 2:59AM0.64m | 3:17PM0.86m | 3:45AM0.45m | 4:01PM0.69m | 4:28AM0.29m | 4:42PM0.55m | 5:10AM0.21m | 5:23PM0.44m | 5:52AM0.21m | 6:04PM0.39m | 6:33AM0.30m | 6:47PM0.39m | 7:15AM0.47m | 7:31PM0.46m | 7:57AM0.67m | 8:18PM0.58m | 8:40AM0.89m | 9:12PM0.72m | 9:28AM1.09m | |||||||||||||
NNE 6 | NNE 13 | SSE 5 | E 5 | ENE 5 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | E 7 | ENE 6 | SE 3 | S 4 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 5 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | S 4 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 6 | |
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some clouds | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | |
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— | 9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 5 | — | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | |
max°C | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Moonrise | 5:32 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 7:13 | — | 8:53 |
Moonset | — | 10:39 | — | — | — | 12:31 | — | — | 2:20 | — | — | 4:08 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 9:38 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | 1:37 | — | — | — | 3:20 | — | — | 4:17 | — | 4:35 |
 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:04 |
 | 6:05 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 11.6 °C (Statistics for 11 Oct 1981-2005 – mean: 11.0 max: 12.1 min: 10.3°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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