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 —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the SE on Thu night, near gales from the SE by Fri afternoon). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sun night, min 7°C on Mon afternoon). Mainly strong winds. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSE by Fri morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Sat night, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the ENE by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 5 | Saturday 6 | Sunday 7 | Monday 8 | Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tue 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 10:18PM2.32m | 10:42AM2.30m | 11:10PM2.35m | 11:27AM2.35m | 00:01AM2.31m | 12:12PM2.35m | 00:52AM2.21m | 12:59PM2.31m | 1:45AM2.07m | 1:48PM2.23m | 2:40AM1.92m | 2:41PM2.13m | 3:38AM1.80m | 3:38PM2.02m | 4:38AM1.72m | 4:40PM1.93m | 5:39AM1.69m | 5:43PM1.87m | 6:40AM1.72m | 6:48PM1.85m | 7:36AM1.78m | 7:49PM1.85m | 8:25AM1.87m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:26AM0.58m | 4:49PM0.47m | 5:12AM0.64m | 5:38PM0.43m | 5:58AM0.74m | 6:28PM0.44m | 6:44AM0.84m | 7:21PM0.50m | 7:30AM0.95m | 8:18PM0.59m | 8:21AM1.04m | 9:21PM0.68m | 9:19AM1.11m | 10:31PM0.77m | 10:32AM1.14m | 11:36PM0.83m | 11:48AM1.13m | 00:34AM0.87m | 12:53PM1.09m | 1:25AM0.90m | 1:49PM1.04m | 2:11AM0.90m | 2:38PM0.98m | |||||||||||||
SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 9 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | SE 6 | ESE 9 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 5 | ESE 4 | SE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 5 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 4 | SSE 5 | E 5 | NE 8 | ENE 4 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | |
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— | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Moonrise | — | 2:01 | — | — | — | 3:18 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | — | 10:22 | — | — | 11:51 | — | — | — | 1:16 | — | — | 2:41 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 5:35 | — |
Moonset | — | 10:51 | — | — | 11:55 | — | — | 12:17 | — | — | 12:25 | — | — | 12:27 | — | — | 12:27 | — | — | 12:26 | — | — | 12:25 | — | — | 12:24 | — | — | 12:23 | — | — | 12:23 | — | — | 12:23 | — |
 | — | 8:48 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 9:03 | — |
 | — | — | 3:00 | — | — | 3:00 | — | 2:59 | — | — | 2:59 | — | — | 2:57 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — | — | 2:56 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 10.2° C (Statistics for 04 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.4 max: 10.3 min: 8.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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