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

Frontal rain and strong southwesterly winds will spread steadily eastwards today, to be followed by a showery westerly flow later. A ridge of high pressure will then build northeastwards on Friday, to settle things down for a time.

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 midnight

New low expected just north of Iceland 981 by midnight tonight

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 warning in 1 region

The general synopsis at 08:00 UTC on 10th Sep

At 100000UTC, low 64 north 27 west 980 expected 65 north 35 west 980 by 110000UTC. New low expected 67 north 15 west 981 by same time. Low 42 north 47 west 1011 expected 48 north 35 west 1006 by that time.

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

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