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 16 regions

Summary

A fresh to strong showery westerly flow is expected this morning, before a ridge of high pressure builds from the southwest, bringing settled conditions. Then a band of rain with strong southerly or southwesterly winds is expected for a time tomorrow, with gales over western Scotland, before another ridge builds on Sunday and winds easing off.

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 9 regions

The general synopsis at 0600

New low expected Faeroes 992 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.

Storm warnings in 2 regions

The general synopsis at 08:00 UTC on 11th Sep

At 110000UTC, low 65 north 35 west 980 losing its identity by 120000UTC. New low expected 67 north 18 west 976 by same time. Low 47 north 36 west 1006 expected 57 north 15 west 997 by that time. at 110000UTC, high 43 north 22 west 1025 expected 47 north 08 west 1026 by 120000UTC. New low expected 53 north 48 west 988 by same time

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

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