Coast and Sea
Inshore waters and strong winds
General situation
During Tuesday a slow-moving area of low pressure centred to the southwest of the United Kingdom will maintain a fresh or strong easterly airflow across southern and western areas, accompanied by outbreaks of rain. Further north and east the wind will remain lighter in strength, although a brisk northwesterly flow will develop across the far north and northeast of Scotland.
Issued at: .
For coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore for the period 00:00 (UTC) on Tue 10 Nov 2026 to 00:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Nov 2026
Inshore waters and strong winds map
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney (1)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly 2 to 4, veering northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5 later, then occasionally 3 later in northwest and in Moray Firth.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming moderate to the west and north of Orkney, and later also near Rattray Head.
- Weather
- Showers, with rain for a time at first in north.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Northwest 3 or 4 backing west 4 to 6, veering northwest 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in Moray Firth, elsewhere slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough later, then occasionally very rough later in north.
- Weather
- Showers, wintry later in north.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate, but poor later in north.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed (2)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming northwesterly 4 later in north, occasionally 5 later near Rattray Head.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming moderate later near Rattray Head.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 2 at first in south, otherwise westerly or northwesterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 or 7 later in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in St Andrews Bay and Firth of Forth, elsewhere mainly slight or moderate, but becoming rough later near Rattray Head.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby (3)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less.
- Sea state
- Smooth, occasionally slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming northwest 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth becoming slight, then moderate later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point (4)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming east or northeast 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth, occasionally slight.
- Weather
- Fog patches at first in far south.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first in far south.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Northeast 3 or 4, backing north or northwest 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland (5)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4 becoming easterly or southeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later in far south.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later in south.
- Weather
- Fog patches at first close inshore and in The Wash, then rain later except in far north.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first close inshore and in The Wash.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Easterly 4 or 5 backing northeasterly 3 to 5, then backing northerly later.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate at first in south and smooth in The Wash.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill (6)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Easterly at first in east, otherwise northeasterly, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
- Weather
- Rain, becoming fair later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis (7)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or northeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally rough at first except close inshore, and then slight later in east.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, then rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Northeasterly, becoming cyclonic for a time at first in east, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain, then mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly (8)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly, backing northeasterly in east, 4 to 6, becoming cyclonic 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate in east, moderate or rough in west.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 2 to 4 becoming east or northeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate in east, moderate or rough in west.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel (9)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in north, veering southeasterly 3 to 5 later near Cornwall.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough near Pembrokeshire, but elsewhere slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, then rain at times.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southeast 3 or 4 at first near Cornwall, otherwise east or northeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough until later near Pembrokeshire, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel (10)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 to the north and east of Anglesey.
- Sea state
- Mainly slight or moderate, but smooth or slight at first in Cardigan Bay and Caernarfon Bay.
- Weather
- Fair, then occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Easterly 4 to 6 at first in far north, otherwise northeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain at first.
- Visibility
- Moderate becoming good.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway (11)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast at first except in Morecambe Bay and Solway Firth, otherwise east or northeast, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fog patches at first in Liverpool Bay.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first in Liverpool Bay.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- East or northeast 3 to 5, backing north or northeast 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Isle of Man (12)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeast backing east or northeast, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- East or northeast 3 to 5 backing north or northeast 2 to 4, then occasionally 5 again later.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate at first.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough (13)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeasterly backing easterly, then northeasterly later, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in south.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate in south, smooth or slight in north.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Northeasterly 3 to 5 backing northerly 2 to 4, then increasing 5 or 6 later in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in North Channel, but elsewhere slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel (14)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeasterly at first in North Channel, otherwise easterly or northeasterly, 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate in far north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Northeasterly backing northerly 2 to 4, then increasing 5 or 6 later except in far south.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate in far north.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point (15)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable mainly east, backing northeast later, 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Northeast backing north 2 to 4, then increasing 5 or 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in east, slight or moderate in west.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good.
The Minch (16)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, increasing 4 in far north, then becoming northerly or northeasterly 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming moderate in north.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- North or northeast 3 or 4 backing northwest 3 to 5, then veering north 5 or 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight until later except in north, otherwise slight or moderate, but becoming rough later in far north.
- Weather
- Showers, wintry later in far north.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate, but poor later in far north.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath (17)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, increasing 4 in north, then becoming northerly or northeasterly 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight between Barra and Canna, but elsewhere slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- North or northeast 3 or 4 backing northwest 3 to 5, then veering north 5 or 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth at first between Barra and Canna but becoming rough later in north.
- Weather
- Showers, wintry later in far north.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate, but poor later in far north.
Shetland Isles (18)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 or 4 veering northwest 4 to 6, then north 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland (18)
Strong wind warning
Valid Tuesday 10 Nov 2026 at 0000 UTC until Tuesday 10 Nov 2026 at 1200 UTC
General situation
A trough will sink south across Shetland waters Tuesday with a ridge following from the west Tuesday night.
Forecast
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 or 4, veering northwest 5 or 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming rough later in west.
- Weather
- Showers, then rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1200 UTC on Tuesday 10 Nov until 0000 UTC on Wednesday 11 Nov
- Wind
- Northwest 5 or 6, veering north 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight at first in east, otherwise moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at first, then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Channel Islands (19)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East 4 to 5, locally 6, especially in the north of the area, veering southeast 2 to 4 by mid-morning, then south around dusk and southwest 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight to moderate, locally rather rough in the north of the area until around dawn, generally decreasing smooth or slight by mid-afternoon, a low swell throughout.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, occasionally heavy, with mist or fog patches, especially near coasts.
- Visibility
- Moderate, occasionally good, locally poor or perhaps very poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwest 3 to 5, backing southeast 2 to 4 by mid-morning, then east 3 to 5 around dusk.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight with a low to moderate swell.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers, locally heavy with mist or fog patches, especially near coasts.
- Visibility
- Moderate, occasionally good, locally poor or perhaps very poor.
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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