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Stornoway

Tide station

Stornoway in Scotland, United Kingdom. Heights are metres above lowest astronomical tide, with the same height in feet. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (BST). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.

Next low tide

2.3 m (7.4 ft)Today · 10:27 AM

Next high tide

4.0 m (13.0 ft)Today · 4:41 PM

Low tide is 3 hr 20 min from now and will drop 0.8 m (2.7 ft).

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Predicted rise and fall

This column is the predicted rise and fall from the moon and the sun, in metres and in feet. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat. The clocks are local time at this station.

Low tide is 3 hr 20 min from now and will drop 0.8 m (2.7 ft).

High and low tides for the next seven days
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Wednesday, October 21	Low	10:27 AM	2.26 m (7.43 ft)
	High	4:41 PM	3.96 m (12.99 ft)
	Low	11:14 PM	1.74 m (5.72 ft)
Thursday, October 22	High	5:17 AM	3.89 m (12.76 ft)
	Low	11:14 AM	1.95 m (6.40 ft)
	High	5:22 PM	4.22 m (13.84 ft)
	Low	11:52 PM	1.44 m (4.72 ft)
Friday, October 23	High	5:52 AM	4.16 m (13.66 ft)
	Low	11:53 AM	1.63 m (5.35 ft)
	High	5:57 PM	4.48 m (14.70 ft)
Saturday, October 24	Low	12:26 AM	1.15 m (3.77 ft)
	High	6:24 AM	4.44 m (14.57 ft)
	Low	12:30 PM	1.32 m (4.34 ft)
	High	6:30 PM	4.72 m (15.49 ft)
Sunday, October 25	Low	1:00 AM	0.90 m (2.94 ft)
	High	5:55 AM	4.69 m (15.40 ft)
	Low	12:07 PM	1.06 m (3.49 ft)
	High	6:03 PM	4.92 m (16.13 ft)
Monday, October 26	Low	12:35 AM	0.71 m (2.34 ft)
	High	6:27 AM	4.89 m (16.06 ft)
	Low	12:45 PM	0.88 m (2.87 ft)
	High	6:38 PM	5.03 m (16.51 ft)
Tuesday, October 27	Low	1:13 AM	0.63 m (2.06 ft)
	High	7:02 AM	5.01 m (16.43 ft)
	Low	1:26 PM	0.78 m (2.57 ft)
	High	7:15 PM	5.03 m (16.52 ft)
Wednesday, October 28	Low	1:52 AM	0.66 m (2.18 ft)

See more tides through Monday, November 30

High and low tides after the first week
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Wednesday, October 28	High	7:39 AM	5.01 m (16.43 ft)
	Low	2:08 PM	0.79 m (2.61 ft)
	High	7:55 PM	4.90 m (16.07 ft)
Thursday, October 29	Low	2:32 AM	0.83 m (2.73 ft)
	High	8:19 AM	4.89 m (16.03 ft)
	Low	2:52 PM	0.91 m (3.00 ft)
	High	8:41 PM	4.63 m (15.19 ft)
Friday, October 30	Low	3:16 AM	1.11 m (3.65 ft)
	High	9:07 AM	4.66 m (15.29 ft)
	Low	3:41 PM	1.12 m (3.68 ft)
	High	9:37 PM	4.27 m (14.00 ft)
Saturday, October 31	Low	4:04 AM	1.47 m (4.81 ft)
	High	10:05 AM	4.39 m (14.39 ft)
	Low	4:35 PM	1.39 m (4.55 ft)
	High	10:56 PM	3.91 m (12.81 ft)
Sunday, November 1	Low	5:00 AM	1.83 m (6.00 ft)
	High	11:28 AM	4.16 m (13.64 ft)
	Low	5:41 PM	1.64 m (5.37 ft)
Monday, November 2	High	12:44 AM	3.71 m (12.17 ft)
	Low	6:13 AM	2.10 m (6.91 ft)
	High	1:00 PM	4.09 m (13.41 ft)
	Low	7:09 PM	1.76 m (5.77 ft)
Tuesday, November 3	High	2:14 AM	3.73 m (12.25 ft)
	Low	7:47 AM	2.16 m (7.09 ft)
	High	2:16 PM	4.17 m (13.68 ft)
	Low	8:42 PM	1.66 m (5.45 ft)
Wednesday, November 4	High	3:21 AM	3.88 m (12.73 ft)
	Low	9:07 AM	1.99 m (6.54 ft)
	High	3:19 PM	4.33 m (14.20 ft)
	Low	9:49 PM	1.46 m (4.80 ft)
Thursday, November 5	High	4:14 AM	4.07 m (13.35 ft)
	Low	10:05 AM	1.74 m (5.72 ft)
	High	4:10 PM	4.50 m (14.76 ft)
	Low	10:38 PM	1.28 m (4.18 ft)
Friday, November 6	High	4:55 AM	4.26 m (13.97 ft)
	Low	10:52 AM	1.50 m (4.93 ft)
	High	4:54 PM	4.64 m (15.21 ft)
	Low	11:18 PM	1.14 m (3.73 ft)
Saturday, November 7	High	5:30 AM	4.43 m (14.53 ft)
	Low	11:34 AM	1.30 m (4.28 ft)
	High	5:32 PM	4.71 m (15.47 ft)
	Low	11:55 PM	1.05 m (3.46 ft)
Sunday, November 8	High	6:00 AM	4.57 m (14.98 ft)
	Low	12:13 PM	1.17 m (3.85 ft)
	High	6:07 PM	4.73 m (15.52 ft)
Monday, November 9	Low	12:29 AM	1.03 m (3.37 ft)
	High	6:29 AM	4.66 m (15.29 ft)
	Low	12:50 PM	1.12 m (3.68 ft)
	High	6:39 PM	4.68 m (15.36 ft)
Tuesday, November 10	Low	1:03 AM	1.06 m (3.47 ft)
	High	6:57 AM	4.70 m (15.41 ft)
	Low	1:27 PM	1.14 m (3.75 ft)
	High	7:10 PM	4.58 m (15.03 ft)
Wednesday, November 11	Low	1:36 AM	1.15 m (3.76 ft)
	High	7:25 AM	4.67 m (15.32 ft)
	Low	2:03 PM	1.23 m (4.04 ft)
	High	7:42 PM	4.43 m (14.54 ft)
Thursday, November 12	Low	2:09 AM	1.29 m (4.22 ft)
	High	7:54 AM	4.58 m (15.01 ft)
	Low	2:39 PM	1.37 m (4.49 ft)
	High	8:15 PM	4.24 m (13.91 ft)
Friday, November 13	Low	2:43 AM	1.47 m (4.82 ft)
	High	8:26 AM	4.42 m (14.51 ft)
	Low	3:16 PM	1.53 m (5.03 ft)
	High	8:53 PM	4.02 m (13.18 ft)
Saturday, November 14	Low	3:18 AM	1.68 m (5.51 ft)
	High	9:02 AM	4.23 m (13.89 ft)
	Low	3:55 PM	1.71 m (5.62 ft)
	High	9:39 PM	3.78 m (12.40 ft)
Sunday, November 15	Low	3:55 AM	1.91 m (6.25 ft)
	High	9:47 AM	4.03 m (13.21 ft)
	Low	4:40 PM	1.89 m (6.21 ft)
	High	10:44 PM	3.57 m (11.70 ft)
Monday, November 16	Low	4:39 AM	2.12 m (6.96 ft)
	High	10:52 AM	3.85 m (12.62 ft)
	Low	5:34 PM	2.04 m (6.69 ft)
Tuesday, November 17	High	12:14 AM	3.45 m (11.33 ft)
	Low	5:34 AM	2.29 m (7.53 ft)
	High	12:21 PM	3.76 m (12.34 ft)
	Low	6:45 PM	2.10 m (6.90 ft)
Wednesday, November 18	High	1:34 AM	3.48 m (11.43 ft)
	Low	6:45 AM	2.37 m (7.78 ft)
	High	1:39 PM	3.80 m (12.48 ft)
	Low	8:08 PM	2.02 m (6.63 ft)
Thursday, November 19	High	2:36 AM	3.62 m (11.88 ft)
	Low	8:08 AM	2.29 m (7.52 ft)
	High	2:39 PM	3.94 m (12.92 ft)
	Low	9:13 PM	1.82 m (5.97 ft)
Friday, November 20	High	3:26 AM	3.83 m (12.56 ft)
	Low	9:14 AM	2.09 m (6.84 ft)
	High	3:30 PM	4.13 m (13.56 ft)
	Low	10:02 PM	1.57 m (5.16 ft)
Saturday, November 21	High	4:09 AM	4.08 m (13.40 ft)
	Low	10:07 AM	1.82 m (5.96 ft)
	High	4:15 PM	4.36 m (14.30 ft)
	Low	10:45 PM	1.32 m (4.33 ft)
Sunday, November 22	High	4:48 AM	4.36 m (14.31 ft)
	Low	10:54 AM	1.53 m (5.02 ft)
	High	4:56 PM	4.59 m (15.05 ft)
	Low	11:27 PM	1.09 m (3.59 ft)
Monday, November 23	High	5:26 AM	4.64 m (15.22 ft)
	Low	11:40 AM	1.26 m (4.13 ft)
	High	5:37 PM	4.78 m (15.69 ft)
Tuesday, November 24	Low	12:09 AM	0.92 m (3.00 ft)
	High	6:04 AM	4.88 m (16.00 ft)
	Low	12:25 PM	1.02 m (3.36 ft)
	High	6:19 PM	4.91 m (16.10 ft)
Wednesday, November 25	Low	12:52 AM	0.82 m (2.67 ft)
	High	6:44 AM	5.04 m (16.53 ft)
	Low	1:12 PM	0.86 m (2.81 ft)
	High	7:02 PM	4.92 m (16.16 ft)
Thursday, November 26	Low	1:35 AM	0.81 m (2.66 ft)
	High	7:26 AM	5.09 m (16.70 ft)
	Low	1:58 PM	0.77 m (2.54 ft)
	High	7:49 PM	4.81 m (15.80 ft)
Friday, November 27	Low	2:20 AM	0.90 m (2.97 ft)
	High	8:12 AM	5.03 m (16.49 ft)
	Low	2:46 PM	0.80 m (2.62 ft)
	High	8:41 PM	4.59 m (15.06 ft)
Saturday, November 28	Low	3:06 AM	1.09 m (3.58 ft)
	High	9:04 AM	4.87 m (15.97 ft)
	Low	3:35 PM	0.92 m (3.03 ft)
	High	9:42 PM	4.30 m (14.11 ft)
Sunday, November 29	Low	3:55 AM	1.35 m (4.41 ft)
	High	10:05 AM	4.66 m (15.28 ft)
	Low	4:28 PM	1.13 m (3.71 ft)
	High	10:59 PM	4.03 m (13.22 ft)
Monday, November 30	Low	4:47 AM	1.63 m (5.34 ft)

This water today

Sunset is 6:05 PM, 84 minutes after the high at 4:41 PM. Anglers often fish the two hours around a turn that meets dusk. The tide at Stornoway is falling toward a low of 2.3 m (7.4 ft) at 10:27 AM. The afternoon high of 4.0 m (13.0 ft) is 0.3 m (1.0 ft) above the morning high. The highest tide on this page is 5.1 m (16.7 ft) on Thursday, November 26, in 36 days. That is 1.1 m (3.6 ft) above today's higher high.

King tide and neap

The next king tide is Tuesday, October 27, 2026. That is 6 days from today. It is the highest high tide in the coming lunar cycle, about a month of tides. What a king tide is.

The next neap is Wednesday, October 21, 2026. That is today. That day has the smallest rise and fall in the coming two weeks, the opposite of a king tide.

Five-day fishing snapshot

This is the next five days at Stornoway. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the MET Norway forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 77% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:14 AM and sunset is 6:05 PM. The tides are a high of 3.6 m (11.9 ft) at 4:35 AM, a low of 2.3 m (7.4 ft) at 10:27 AM, a high of 4.0 m (13.0 ft) at 4:41 PM, and a low of 1.7 m (5.7 ft) at 11:14 PM. The high at 4:41 PM is 84 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 11°C, wind 17 kn W, rain 3.3 mm, waves 0.6 m (2.0 ft), pressure 996 hPa (29.42 in), falling.

Thursday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 85% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:16 AM and sunset is 6:03 PM. The tides are a high of 3.9 m (12.8 ft) at 5:17 AM, a low of 2.0 m (6.4 ft) at 11:14 AM, a high of 4.2 m (13.8 ft) at 5:22 PM, and a low of 1.4 m (4.7 ft) at 11:52 PM. The high at 5:22 PM is 41 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 11°C, wind 15 kn SW, rain 1.7 mm.

Friday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 92% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:18 AM and sunset is 6:00 PM. The tides are a high of 4.2 m (13.7 ft) at 5:52 AM, a low of 1.6 m (5.3 ft) at 11:53 AM, and a high of 4.5 m (14.7 ft) at 5:57 PM. The high at 5:57 PM is 3 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 8°C, wind 9 kn SW, rain 1.1 mm.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 97% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:21 AM and sunset is 5:58 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 m (3.8 ft) at 12:26 AM, a high of 4.4 m (14.6 ft) at 6:24 AM, a low of 1.3 m (4.3 ft) at 12:30 PM, and a high of 4.7 m (15.5 ft) at 6:30 PM. The high at 6:24 AM is 117 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:30 PM is 32 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 8°C, wind 25 kn SE, rain 12.1 mm. That forecast is rough water.

Sunday

The moon is a full moon, about 100% lit, so the highs run larger. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset is 4:55 PM. The tides are a low of 0.9 m (2.9 ft) at 1:00 AM, a high of 4.7 m (15.4 ft) at 5:55 AM, a low of 1.1 m (3.5 ft) at 12:07 PM, and a high of 4.9 m (16.1 ft) at 6:03 PM. The high at 5:55 AM is 88 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:03 PM is 68 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 8°C, wind 35 kn NW, rain 4.4 mm. That forecast is rough water.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.

Average tide levels

Mean tide range: 2.87 m (9.42 ft)
Mean high water: 4.24 m (13.91 ft)
Mean low water: 1.37 m (4.49 ft)
Mean sea level: 2.85 m (9.35 ft)

These levels use the same zero as the tide table, lowest astronomical tide. Each height is shown in metres and in feet. Mean tide range is the average rise from low to high.

Sun and moon

First light: 6:02 AM
Nautical twilight begins: 6:48 AM
Dawn: 7:34 AM
Blue hour, morning: 7:34 AM to 7:49 AM
Golden hour, morning: 7:49 AM to 9:12 AM
Sunrise: 8:14 AM
Solar noon: 1:10 PM
Golden hour, evening: 5:07 PM to 6:30 PM
Sunset: 6:05 PM
Blue hour, evening: 6:30 PM to 6:46 PM
Dusk: 6:46 PM
Nautical twilight ends: 7:31 PM
Last light: 8:17 PM
Day length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, about 76% lit
Moonrise: 4:50 PM
Moonset: 1:37 AM

The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.

Forecast

Wednesday 11°C
Rain
17 kn W · Rain 3.3 mm · 996 hPa (29.42 in), falling · Waves 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Thursday 11°C
Rain
15 kn SW · Rain 1.7 mm
Friday 8°C
Rain
9 kn SW · Rain 1.1 mm
Saturday 8°C
Rain
25 kn SE · Rain 12.1 mm
Sunday 8°C
Rain
35 kn NW · Rain 4.4 mm

Data from MET Norway. Temperature is Celsius and wind is knots.

Hart-Davis, Michael; Dettmering, Denise; Seitz, Florian (2025). TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

On the water nearby

The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.

Boat ramps

Cuddy Point Slipway0.2 mi
Goat Island Slipway0.3 mi
Holm Slipway2.5 mi

Marinas

Stornoway Port0.1 mi
Stornoway Marina0.2 mi
Newton Marina0.3 mi

Beaches

Geo Bhan1.2 mi
Mol Bheag1.4 mi
Tràigh Thunga1.8 mi
Tràigh Mhealaboist2.5 mi
Tràigh Chuil4.3 mi
Traigh Rebac6.1 mi

Parks

Bayhead Playpark0.4 mi
A' Gheàrraidh Chruaidh0.6 mi

Nature reserves

Mòinteach Leòdhais4.6 mi

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