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 03:40 AM and sunset is at 10:29 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Thu night, calm by Fri night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Thu morning, calm by Fri night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun night, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun night, fresh winds from the WSW by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tue 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:15PM1.81m | 1:15AM1.99m | 1:55PM1.78m | 1:54AM1.98m | 2:39PM1.75m | 2:36AM1.94m | 3:27PM1.70m | 3:23AM1.88m | 4:20PM1.65m | 4:16AM1.81m | 5:17PM1.62m | 5:16AM1.76m | 6:17PM1.62m | 6:19AM1.75m | 7:17PM1.65m | 7:25AM1.77m | 8:18PM1.71m | 8:32AM1.82m | 9:17PM1.80m | 9:38AM1.90m | 10:12PM1.91m | 10:40AM1.97m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:02PM0.71m | 7:36AM0.51m | 7:42PM0.73m | 8:18AM0.50m | 8:23PM0.76m | 9:03AM0.50m | 9:09PM0.79m | 9:52AM0.51m | 10:01PM0.81m | 10:47AM0.52m | 11:00PM0.82m | 11:48AM0.52m | 00:07AM0.81m | 12:54PM0.53m | 1:18AM0.77m | 2:00PM0.53m | 2:26AM0.69m | 3:02PM0.53m | 3:27AM0.59m | 3:58PM0.53m | 4:23AM0.48m | 4:50PM0.54m | |||||||||||||
SSE 6.0 | SE 8.0 | SE 8.0 | SE 8.0 | SE 7.0 | SE 7.0 | ESE 8.0 | SE 5.0 | SSE 4.0 | SSE 4.0 | SSE 4.0 | S 3.0 | SW 4.0 | WSW 4.0 | SSW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | WSW 3.0 | W 3.0 | NW 3.0 | NW 3.0 | NNW 3.0 | NNE 4.0 | NNE 4.0 | NE 5.0 | NE 4.0 | S 2.0 | SSE 3.0 | S 4.0 | S 4.0 | SSE 6.0 | SSW 4.0 | SSW 4.0 | SW 3.0 | WSW 3.0 | WSW 3.0 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | |
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max°C | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Moonrise | 12:55 | — | — | 1:08 | — | — | 1:12 | — | — | 1:12 | — | — | 1:12 | — | — | 1:11 | — | — | 1:10 | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 1:10 | — | — | 1:14 | — | — | 1:26 | — |
Moonset | 4:15 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 9:18 | — | — | 10:56 | — | — | 12:33 | — | — | 2:10 | — | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | 9:35 | — | 11:12 |
 | 3:40 | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 3:39 | — |
 | — | — | 10:29 | — | — | 10:30 | — | — | 10:30 | — | — | 10:30 | — | — | 10:31 | — | — | 10:31 | — | — | 10:32 | — | — | 10:32 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 10:34 | — | 10:34 |
Today's sea temperature in Lerwick is 10.6 °C (Statistics for 13 Jun 1981-2005 – mean: 10.2 max: 12.1 min: 9.1°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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