West Voe Sands (Beach) (Shetland Islands) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

  • 10 9
    Sunrise iconSunrise:
    Sunset iconSunset:
    Partly cloudy.
    Beach safety today
    Very large, powerful waves and strong wind
    • • very high likelihood of injury in or near the sea

    Tide: Next low tide (0.7m) at

    - UV
    L Pollution
    No pollen data.
Partly cloudy.
Beach safety today
Very large, powerful waves and strong wind
  • • very high likelihood of injury in or near the sea

Tide: Next low tide (0.7m) at

Sunrise iconSunrise:
Sunset iconSunset:
- UV
L Pollution
No pollen data.

    7 day forecast for West Voe Sands (Beach)

    Today (14 January 2025)
    Time
    03:00
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    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
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    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Sunny intervals
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    27
    WSW
    26
    W
    25
    W
    24
    W
    23
    W
    22
    W
    21
    WSW
    20
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    21
    SW
    22
    SW
    22
    SW
    22
    SW
    22
    SW
    22
    Wind gust (mph)
    42
    43
    41
    38
    37
    35
    34
    33
    32
    30
    29
    28
    27
    28
    31
    33
    34
    34
    33
    31
    34
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    89%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    95%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    3.2
    3.2
    3.3
    3.3
    3.2
    3.1
    3.0
    2.9
    2.8
    2.8
    2.7
    2.6
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.4
    2.4
    2.5
    2.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    11
    11
    11
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (15 January 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    23
    SW
    24
    SW
    24
    SW
    25
    SW
    26
    SW
    28
    SW
    29
    SW
    29
    SW
    28
    SW
    28
    SW
    27
    SW
    27
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    25
    SW
    25
    WSW
    24
    SW
    23
    Wind gust (mph)
    35
    36
    38
    39
    41
    42
    42
    43
    41
    41
    40
    39
    39
    38
    39
    40
    39
    40
    39
    38
    37
    36
    35
    34
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    91%
    90%
    89%
    89%
    88%
    89%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    90%
    89%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    89%
    92%
    93%
    94%
    94%
    95%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.5
    2.6
    2.6
    2.7
    2.8
    2.9
    3.0
    3.1
    3.1
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.1
    3.1
    3.2
    3.2
    3.1
    3.1
    3.1
    3.1
    3.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (16 January 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Partly cloudy night
    Sunny intervals
    Sunny intervals
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    30%
    40%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    23
    SW
    21
    SW
    19
    SW
    18
    SW
    18
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    34
    32
    29
    30
    29
    31
    32
    35
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    94%
    93%
    92%
    87%
    84%
    83%
    84%
    83%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    3.1
    2.9
    2.7
    2.6
    2.7
    2.5
    2.6
    2.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    13
    14
    16
    15
    15
    15
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (17 January 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    22
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    28
    SW
    27
    SW
    24
    SSW
    22
    SSW
    22
    Wind gust (mph)
    41
    43
    45
    42
    40
    38
    36
    36
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    83%
    84%
    86%
    90%
    91%
    88%
    88%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    3.0
    3.3
    3.5
    3.8
    3.8
    3.6
    3.2
    2.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    15
    12
    12
    12
    13
    14
    14
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (18 January 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Sunny intervals
    Sunny intervals
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    23
    SSW
    23
    SSW
    23
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    37
    36
    34
    31
    29
    27
    29
    31
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    86%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.6
    2.4
    2.4
    2.5
    2.7
    2.7
    2.4
    2.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (19 January 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Sunny intervals
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    30
    31
    32
    34
    35
    32
    31
    32
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    87%
    86%
    88%
    87%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.7
    2.8
    2.8
    2.9
    3.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (20 January 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    31
    31
    30
    31
    31
    32
    31
    31
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    87%
    87%
    88%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 18 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 18 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 18 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 18 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 19 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 19 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 19 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 19 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 20 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 20 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 20 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 20 January

    Tide times and heights are from Sumburgh (Grutness Voe) tidal station which is 0.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Rather cloudy, mild and breezy on Tuesday. Some light rain.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    It will be cloudy at first with some patchy drizzle possible. Clearer spells developing through the evening and overnight, but a few showers. Staying windy. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

    Tuesday:

    Bright spells and the odd shower at first, but clouding over through the morning with some outbreaks of rain through the middle of the day. Staying mild and breezy. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

    Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

    Windy but mild conditions continue throughout the week. Outbreaks of rain are expected most days with drier periods at times over Orkney. Staying quite windy.

    Updated:

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