Coast and Sea
Inshore waters and strong winds
General situation
High pressure centred over southern Scandinavia will bring light or moderate and variable breezes to most areas this weekend. Some rain or showers will affect many areas, although northwestern Scotland will remain mainly dry. A few fog patches may affect some southern coasts at times.
Issued at: .
For coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore for the period 00:00 (UTC) on Sat 7 Nov 2026 to 00:00 (UTC) on Sun 8 Nov 2026
Inshore waters and strong winds map
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney (1)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable mainly southeasterly, 3 or less, occasionally 4 in east.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth in Moray Firth.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable, mainly southeasterly at first, 3 or less, occasionally 4 at first in east.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed (2)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Mainly southeasterly in far north, otherwise easterly or northeasterly, 2 to 4, becoming variable later in far south.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate in south.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable mainly easterly, 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby (3)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first in north, becoming variable 3 or less in south and later in north.
- Sea state
- Slight.
- Weather
- Showers, then rain at times in south.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate in south.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth later.
- Weather
- Rain at first in south, otherwise showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point (4)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, then rain at times.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming westerly 2 to 4 in south.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Occasional rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland (5)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable becoming westerly or northwesterly, 2 or 3, occasionally 4 later in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or drizzle, fog patches at first near shore.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor, but very poor at first near shore.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly, backing southwesterly in north and becoming variable in south, 2 or 3, occasionally 4 in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth occasionally slight.
- Weather
- Showers, fog patches for a time near shore.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor near shore.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill (6)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth occasionally slight.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery, fog patches at first near shore.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor, but very poor at first near shore.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, occasionally 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery at first, fog patches for a time near shore.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor near shore.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis (7)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, occasionally 4 at first.
- Sea state
- Smooth, occasionally slight in east.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming east or southeast 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth, occasionally slight later.
- Weather
- Showers, fog patches for a time.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly (8)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth in east, otherwise mainly slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming easterly or southeasterly 2 to 4, increasing 4 or 5 later, occasionally 6 later in west.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate in far west and then later elsewhere.
- Weather
- Showers at first.
- Visibility
- Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel (9)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, occasionally 4 at first.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming east or southeast 2 to 4, increasing 5 at times later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate later in west.
- Weather
- Showers, fog patches for a time in east.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor in east.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel (10)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, occasionally 4 in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, occasionally 4 in north, becoming easterly or southeasterly 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth, occasionally slight later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway (11)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or northeast 2 to 4, becoming variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth.
- Weather
- Occasional rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable becoming mainly east or southeast, 2 or 3, increasing 4 at times later near Mull of Galloway.
- Sea state
- Smooth.
- Weather
- Showers, fog patches for a time in south.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor in south.
Isle of Man (12)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough (13)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or northeast 3 or 4, becoming variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Occasional rain, showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming east or southeast 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth, occasionally slight in north.
- Weather
- Showers, fog patches for a time in south.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor in south.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel (14)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 2 to 4, becoming variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Smooth occasionally slight.
- Weather
- Occasional rain, showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming easterly 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point (15)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or northeast 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable mainly east, then becoming east or southeast later, 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
The Minch (16)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast becoming variable, 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth occasionally slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath (17)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast becoming variable, 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth between barra and canna.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Slight occasionally smooth.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Shetland Isles (18)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast veering south or southwest, 2 or 3, occasionally 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland (18)
Valid Saturday 07 Nov 2026 at 0000 UTC until Saturday 07 Nov 2026 at 1200 UTC
General situation
High pressure, centered over southern Scandinavia, remains slow moving while maintaining a ridge over Shetland waters on Saturday.
Forecast
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Slight
- Weather
- Showers
- Visibility
- Mainly good
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1200 UTC on Saturday 07 Nov until 0000 UTC on Sunday 08 Nov
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less increasing south or southwest 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight
- Weather
- Showers
- Visibility
- Mainly good
Channel Islands (19)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southwest 2 to 3, veering west around dawn, then west to northwest around dusk, becoming variable 1 to 3 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth, locally slight.
- Weather
- Scattered showers, perhaps locally heavy with hail until around midday risk of mist or fog patches near the french coast until mid-morning and again later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate, perhaps locally poor or very poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or variable 1 to 3, becoming southeast 2 to 4 by mid-morning, increasing 4 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Isolated showers, mainly at first risk of mist or fog patches near the french coast until mid-morning.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate, perhaps locally poor or very poor at first.
Inshore waters forecast information
Forecasts for UK inshore waters are issued four times a day and cover a period of 24 hours from 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 UTC.
The coastal waters around the British Isles are divided into 19 areas which extend up to 12 nautical miles offshore.
The forecast contains details of wind direction and force, sea state, weather and visibility.
Strong coastal winds (force 6 or more) are displayed for the first 24 hours of the inshore waters forecast.
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