West Voe Sands (Beach) (Shetland Islands) weather

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    7 day forecast for West Voe Sands (Beach)

    Today (17 May 2026)
    Time
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    ESE
    13
    SSE
    12
    S
    12
    S
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    17
    17
    17
    Visibility
    M
    G
    G
    VG
    Humidity
    91%
    87%
    86%
    87%
    UV 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    13
    12
    12
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    1.6
    1.7
    1.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    13
    13
    13
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (18 May 2026)
    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 Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    12
    S
    12
    S
    12
    S
    11
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    11
    S
    12
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    13
    SE
    13
    SE
    13
    SE
    14
    SE
    14
    SE
    14
    SE
    14
    SE
    15
    SE
    16
    SE
    17
    SE
    18
    SE
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    17
    16
    15
    15
    15
    16
    16
    16
    17
    18
    18
    19
    18
    19
    20
    20
    19
    19
    20
    22
    23
    24
    24
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    Humidity
    88%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    13
    13
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    14
    14
    14
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.6
    1.6
    1.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    13
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (19 May 2026)
    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 Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    18
    SE
    18
    SE
    18
    SE
    18
    SE
    19
    SE
    19
    SE
    20
    SE
    22
    SE
    23
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    25
    SE
    26
    SE
    26
    SE
    27
    SE
    27
    SE
    27
    SE
    28
    SE
    29
    SE
    29
    SE
    29
    SE
    29
    SE
    28
    SE
    28
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    25
    25
    25
    27
    27
    30
    31
    32
    34
    35
    35
    36
    37
    37
    37
    39
    40
    40
    41
    41
    40
    40
    38
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    G
    M
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    P
    P
    VP
    VP
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    91%
    89%
    89%
    88%
    88%
    89%
    89%
    89%
    87%
    91%
    90%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    91%
    90%
    90%
    91%
    91%
    92%
    93%
    94%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    18
    18
    18
    19
    19
    20
    21
    23
    24
    24
    25
    25
    26
    26
    27
    27
    28
    28
    29
    29
    29
    29
    28
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.6
    1.7
    1.9
    1.9
    2.0
    2.0
    2.1
    2.1
    2.2
    2.2
    2.3
    2.3
    2.3
    2.4
    2.5
    2.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (20 May 2026)
    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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    27
    SE
    26
    SE
    25
    SE
    24
    SE
    23
    SE
    21
    SE
    20
    SE
    19
    SE
    17
    SSE
    16
    SSE
    16
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    12
    S
    12
    S
    11
    S
    11
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    37
    36
    35
    34
    31
    30
    27
    24
    23
    22
    21
    20
    19
    19
    17
    17
    16
    16
    16
    15
    14
    14
    17
    17
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    P
    VP
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Humidity
    95%
    96%
    96%
    97%
    98%
    98%
    99%
    99%
    98%
    97%
    97%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    95%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    27
    26
    25
    24
    23
    22
    20
    19
    18
    17
    16
    15
    14
    14
    13
    12
    12
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.6
    2.6
    3.0
    3.0
    2.9
    2.9
    2.8
    2.7
    2.6
    2.5
    2.4
    2.3
    2.2
    2.1
    2.1
    2.0
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.8
    1.8
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    10
    9
    9
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (21 May 2026)
    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 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    12
    SW
    12
    SW
    13
    SW
    12
    SW
    11
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SW
    11
    SW
    11
    SW
    11
    SW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    11
    S
    11
    S
    11
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    18
    18
    17
    17
    16
    16
    16
    16
    16
    16
    16
    16
    15
    14
    16
    16
    16
    18
    18
    19
    19
    18
    17
    Visibility (description)
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    M
    P
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    P
    P
    Humidity
    95%
    96%
    95%
    94%
    94%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    94%
    94%
    95%
    94%
    94%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (22 May 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Mist
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    12
    S
    12
    S
    13
    S
    14
    S
    15
    S
    16
    SSE
    17
    SSE
    15
    SSE
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    19
    20
    22
    23
    24
    24
    21
    17
    Visibility (description)
    P
    P
    VP
    VP
    P
    P
    VP
    P
    VP
    Humidity
    96%
    96%
    97%
    97%
    96%
    96%
    95%
    96%
    96%
    UV - - 1 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    15
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.1
    1.2
    1.2
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (23 May 2026)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Mist Mist Mist Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    14
    SW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    16
    18
    20
    21
    21
    22
    22
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Humidity
    97%
    98%
    99%
    98%
    97%
    96%
    95%
    94%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 17 May

    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 17 May

    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 17 May

    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 17 May

    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 18 May

    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 18 May

    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 18 May

    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 18 May

    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 19 May

    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 19 May

    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 19 May

    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 19 May

    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 20 May

    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 20 May

    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 20 May

    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 20 May

    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 21 May

    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 21 May

    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 21 May

    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 21 May

    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 22 May

    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 22 May

    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 22 May

    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 22 May

    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 23 May

    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 23 May

    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 23 May

    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 23 May

    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:

    Dry with some brightness on Monday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Showers clearing Shetland this evening leaving some late sunny then clear spells overnight. Cloudier for Orkney with patchy rain at first but becoming dry with clearer spells developing. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

    Monday:

    A mainly dry day with some good sunny spells. However the odd light afternoon shower not to be ruled out for Orkney. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Windy and rather cloudy on Tuesday with a few outbreaks of rain. Further showers on Wednesday but winds easing. Drier and sunnier spells developing on Thursday.

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