Inshore Waters
Valid
From: Fri 31st Oct at 06:00 UTC
To: Sat 1st Nov at 06:00 UTC
Summary
A deep area of low pressure in the Atlantic will continue to move northwards to the west of the British Isles, maintaining a blustery strong to gale force south or southwest flow, with bands of rain or squally showers moving across all areas.
Issued at: 06:00 UTC on 31st Oct
Regions
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southeast 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first and later, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first in northeast, slight at times in Moray Firth.
Weather
Occasional rain or squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southeast 3 to 5, becoming cyclonic 5 to 7, becoming west or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally slight in Moray Firth.
Weather
Showers, squally rain at times.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southeast 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 for a time later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough.
Weather
Rain at times or squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southeast veering southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later.
Weather
Showers, squally rain at times.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor later.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southeast 3 to 5, increasing 5 to 7.
Sea State
Moderate, occasionally rough.
Weather
Showers, squally rain at times.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
South veering southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Moderate, occasionally rough, becoming slight or moderate.
Weather
Squally showers or rain.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Mainly south 3 to 5, increasing 5 to 7 later.
Sea State
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in northeast.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in northeast, becoming mainly slight later.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southerly 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first, perhaps gale 8.
Sea State
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in northeast.
Weather
Squally rain at times, or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 for a time in north, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate.
Weather
Squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southerly veering southwesterly, 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first, perhaps gale 8 later.
Sea State
Moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
Weather
Squally rain at times or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough.
Weather
Rain or squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southwest 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough later in west.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest veering west at times, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, occasionally moderate in sheltered in east.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest veering west 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first, and 8 later.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in west.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southerly veering southwesterly at times, 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first in east, increasing gale 8 at times in west.
Sea State
Mainly slight or moderate in inner Bristol Channel, otherwise rough or very rough.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 to 6 for a time at first and later.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, occasionally moderate or slight in inner Bristol Channel.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 for a time in west.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in south.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first, veering west 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first in south, slight at times east of Anglesey.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southeast veering southwest later, 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, slight at times in Liverpool Bay.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Isle of Man
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southwest, backing southeast for a time, 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, becoming 7 or gale 8 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough.
Weather
Showers or rain at times.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 7 or gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later.
Weather
Occasional rain at first, then fair, showers later.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southerly 5 to 7, decreasing 3 to 5, becoming cyclonic 3 or 4 in north, but 6 to gale 8 in far south, becoming westerly 5 to 7 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Westerly or southwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 until later.
Sea State
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in north.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southerly 5 to 7, veering southwesterly 3 to 5, becoming cyclonic 5 to 7 later, occasionally gale 8 later near Mull of Galloway.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 until later.
Sea State
Slight or moderate.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southeast 6 to gale 8, becoming west 4 to 6.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming very rough, occasionally high for a time in west.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
South 4 to 6, becoming variable 2 to 4, then northwest 5 to 7, veering southwest later, occasionally gale 8 for a time.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in west.
Weather
Rain or squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good, occasionally poor for a time.
The Minch
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southeast 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 at times.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough until later in south, slight at times later in central areas.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southeast 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4 for a time, occasionally gale 8 later.
Sea State
Slight or moderate at first north of skye, otherwise moderate or rough.
Weather
Squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southeasterly veering southerly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in west, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, occasionally high for a time west of Outer Hebrides, moderate near Sutherland.
Weather
Squally rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southerly or southeasterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally 9 for a time in southwest, veering southwesterly 4 to 6 later.
Sea State
Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough.
Weather
Squally showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good.
Shetland Isles
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southeast 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, occasionally moderate at first in east.
Weather
Rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland
Back to TopValid Friday 31 Oct 2025 at 0600 UTC until Friday 31 Oct 2025 at 1800 UTC
General situation:
A deep low moves north near western Scotland to give a strong southeasterly flow over Shetland waters during Friday.
Forecast:
Wind
Southeast 7 to severe gale 9 decreasing 6 or 7.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, becoming moderate just northwest of shetland later.
Weather
Rain or showers.
Visibility
Moderate or good.
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1800 UTC on Friday 31 Oct until 0600 UTC on Saturday 01 Nov:
Wind
South or southeast 5 to 7, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, moderate just northwest of shetland at first.
Weather
Showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
The Channel Islands
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South 5 to 6, locally 4 in the far south at first, locally 7 in the north at times, with gusts to 45kt mid-channel around midnight, veering southwest later.
Sea State
Slight to slight to moderate in the far south, otherwise rather rough to rough, increasing very rough mid-channel after midnight a moderate swell throughout.
Weather
Showers, locally heavy, merging into rain at times, with a risk of thunder.
Visibility
Good, locally moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 5 to 6, locally 4 in the far south, veering west around dusk, backing southwest 6 to 7 towards dawn Sunday.
Sea State
Slight to slight to moderate in the far south, otherwise rather rough to rough, briefly very rough mid-channel at first a low swell throughout.
Weather
Showers, locally heavy, merging into rain at times, with a risk of thunder.
Visibility
Good, locally moderate or poor.
Inshore Waters information supplied by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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