Coast and Sea

Tide Tables

Predicted times and heights for more than 500 locations around the UK.

Tidal information supplied by the UK Hydrographic Office.

Inshore Waters

Specialist forecasts for coastal waters, up to 12 nautical miles offshore, around the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Strong winds warnings in 8 regions

Summary

Low pressure over Wales will move north or northeast across the United Kingdom through today, reaching Shetland by late this evening. This brings rain and showers across much of the inshore waters, with fog over the east. The rain and fog will clear through tomorrow as the low moves away north, with a slack showery, northwesterly flow to follow.

Shipping Forecast

The world’s longest running continuous weather forecast, the Shipping Forecast offers specialist forecasts for 31 sea areas covering the waters around the British Isles.

Gale warnings in 3 regions

The general synopsis at 0600

Low Wales 1008 expected just north of shetland 999 by 0600 tomorrow

Extended Outlook

Longer-term forecasts, covering three days beyond the 24-hour Shipping Forecast, for three broad sea areas around the British Isles.

High Seas

Specialist forecasts including wind, sea state and visibility for 13 sea areas within the North Atlantic region known as METAREA I.

The general synopsis at 08:00 UTC on 2nd Sep

At 020000UTC, low Sole 1009 expected Fair Isle 1003 by 030000UTC. New low expected Southeast Iceland 1002 by same time. High 44 north 36 west 1032 expected 44 north 32 west with little change by that time. at 020000UTC, low 65 north 29 west 993 expected southeast Greenland 1004 by 030000UTC. New high expected south Greenland 1014 by same time. High north Norway 1031 expected north finland 1034 by that time

Coast & Sea information supplied by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

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