Coast and sea
General situation
High pressure to the east of the United Kingdom brings mainly fair weather to many eastern coastlines. Meanwhile, low pressure in the west will bring some thundery rain or showers in the southwest on Thursday morning, gradually spreading north and east over the next couple of days. Strong winds will affect coastal waters at times.
Issued at:
For coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore for the period to
Inshore waters forecast and strong winds map
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney (1)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, backing easterly or southeasterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later in north.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far north.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 4 to 6, veering southerly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in far north.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed (2)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight at first.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight in south.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, showers later.
- Visibility
- Good.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby (3)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight at first.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 3 to 5, becoming variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers for a time.
- Visibility
- Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point (4)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time, veering south 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southwest 3 or 4, backing southeast 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate at first.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland (5)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time in north, veering southwesterly 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwesterly 2 to 4, backing southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill (6)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first, veering southerly or southwesterly 2 or 3 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair then showers, perhaps thundery for a time.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southwesterly becoming variable, 3 or less, then easterly or northeasterly 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis (7)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East 4 to 6, veering southeast 3 to 5, then south or southwest 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight later.
- Weather
- Fair then thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southwest becoming variable, 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight occasionally moderate.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, then thundery showers later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly (8)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or northeast 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first, veering south or southwest 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later in Isles of Scilly.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers, fog patches.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South veering southwest, 3 to 5, increasing 5 to 7 for a time, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough until later in west, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel (9)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast becoming cyclonic, 4 to 6, then south 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth in Bristol Channel.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers, fog patches later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first and very poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 for a time at first, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in west.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel (10)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast veering south later, 3 to 5, occasionally 6 in north and later elsewhere.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate near St Davids Head and north of Anglesey.
- Weather
- Fair then thundery rain for a time, fog patches later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor, becoming very poor at times later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly veering southwesterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 for a time in north, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later in west.
- Weather
- Fog patches then showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway (11)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast veering south later, 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Fair then thundery rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast, veering southwest later, 4 to 6, becoming variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth in south.
- Weather
- Fog patches at first in north, otherwise showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first in north.
Isle of Man (12)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6, veering south later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate.
- Weather
- Fair then rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, becoming moderate or poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Moderate becoming slight.
- Weather
- Fog patches at first.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough (13)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 in north and later elsewhere.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight becoming slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, thundery rain later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast veering southwest later, 4 to 6, becoming variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fog patches at first, otherwise occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel (14)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 for a time, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly 4 to 6, becoming variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, perhaps thundery at first, fog patches, becoming fair later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor until later.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point (15)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeasterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 at times in southwest, becoming cyclonic 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far west.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 4 or 5, veering southwesterly 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
The Minch (16)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 for a time in north, becoming cyclonic later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate near entrances.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 3 to 5, becoming southerly or southwesterly 4 to 6, decreasing 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate near southern entrance.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath (17)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 for a time in north, becoming cyclonic later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming rough at times in west.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 3 to 5, becoming southerly or southwesterly 4 to 6, decreasing 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Shetland Isles (18)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeast 5 or 6, occasionally 4 at first.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland (18)
Strong wind warning
Valid Thursday 12 Jun 2025 at 0000 UTC until Thursday 12 Jun 2025 at 1200 UTC
General situation
High to east maintaining the south to southeast flow
Forecast
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 to 6
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight at first and rough later in west
- Weather
- Fair
- Visibility
- Good
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1200 UTC on Thursday 12 Jun until 0000 UTC on Friday 13 Jun
- Wind
- South or southeast 5 or 6
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough
- Weather
- Fair
- Visibility
- Good
Channel Islands (19)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly 4 to 5, occasionally 6 near thunderstorms, perhaps with gusts to 35kt, veering southeast to south by dawn, then veering southwest to west 3 to 4 by mid-morning, occasionally variable 1 to 2 from midday, backing southerly later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in the north overnight, a low swell developing from midday.
- Weather
- Heavy showers until late morning, with occasional thunderstorms risk of mist and fog patches after dawn a risk of isolated showers in the south from midday.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate to poor, perhaps locally very poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly 3 to 4, occasionally variable 1 to 2, backing northeast 3 to 4 from late afternoon.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, with a low swell.
- Weather
- Heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms from midday on Friday.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate to poor.
The 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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