Coast and Sea
Tide Tables
Predicted times and heights for more than 500 locations around the UK.
Tidal information supplied by the UK Hydrographic Office.
Inshore Waters
Specialist forecasts for coastal waters, up to 12 nautical miles offshore, around the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
Summary
Low pressure centres to the west or southwest of the United Kingdom will maintain a mainly strong easterly or southeasterly flow across all areas with gales possible at times. There will be further spells of rain with occasional snow in the northeast.
Shipping Forecast
The world’s longest running continuous weather forecast, the Shipping Forecast offers specialist forecasts for 31 sea areas covering the waters around the British Isles.
The general synopsis at 1800
Atlantic low 970, slow moving with little change, by 1800 Tuesday
Extended Outlook
Longer-term forecasts, covering three days beyond the 24-hour Shipping Forecast, for three broad sea areas around the British Isles.
High Seas
Specialist forecasts including wind, sea state and visibility for 13 sea areas within the North Atlantic region known as METAREA I.
The general synopsis at 20:00 UTC on 2nd Feb
At 021200UTC, low 52 north 19 west 969 expected 53 north 22 west 975 by 031200UTC. Low 57 north 33 west 983 losing its identity. New lows 61 north 40 west 980 and 49 north 31 west 971 by same time. New high 75 north 10 west 1021 by that time
Coast & Sea information supplied by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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