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Vall Ayre

Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom

No photo of Vall Ayre yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:31 pm
9 am
4.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.7
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.1
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
3.8
15 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.9
12 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
5°C42°F
Water
12°C53°F
Wind
74 km/hmph S
Gusts
127 km/hmph
Waves
0.4 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:31 pm
Today
4.7Fair9 am53
4.7Fair10 am96
4.5Fair11 am1610
4.3Fair12 pm1811
4.4Fair1 pm1610
4.1Fair2 pm159
3.8Poor3 pm159
3.9Poor4 pm127
3.9Poor5 pm106
Sat
2.8Poor9 am32
2.9Poor10 am85
2.8Poor11 am138
1.9Poor12 pm2818
1.5Poor1 pm4830
1.6Poor2 pm4528
1.6Poor3 pm4628
0.9Poor4 pm3924
1.5Poor5 pm4528
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 9 am, 0.3 m. Low at 3 pm, -0.8 m. High at 9 pm, 0.5 m. Low at 3 am, -1.2 mHigh 9 am, 0.3 m<1 ftLow 3 pm, -0.8 m3 ftHigh 9 pm, 0.5 m2 ftLow 3 am, -1.2 m4 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 9 am, 0.3 m<1 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.8 m3 ft
  • High 9 pm, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 3 am, -1.2 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 75%
  • Mon3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 47 km/h29 mph, rain 58%
  • Tue2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 59 km/h36 mph, rain 68%
  • Wed2.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 46 km/h29 mph, rain 60%
  • Thu5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 19%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
2.2 km1.3 miVidlin (village)
Nearest airport
13 km8 miWhalsay Airstrip (WHS)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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