Check the Beach

West Beach

Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom

West Beach 1 photo

  • Headland at the west end of Uyea

    Headland at the west end of Uyea. Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:29 pm
9 am
4.6
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.7
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.3
17 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
1.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.9
9 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
8°C46°F
Water
12°C53°F
Wind
106 km/hmph SW
Gusts
2012 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:29 pm
Today
4.6Fair9 am96
4.7Fair10 am74
4.6Fair11 am106
4.4Fair12 pm159
4.3Fair1 pm1710
4.1Fair2 pm1610
1.9Poor3 pm1610
1.7Poor4 pm2012
3.9Poor5 pm96
Sat
2.5Poor9 am159
2.6Poor10 am149
2.0Poor11 am2616
1.4Poor12 pm3522
1.3Poor1 pm4327
1.3Poor2 pm5333
1.3Poor3 pm5333
1.3Poor4 pm6037
1.2Poor5 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, -0.9 m. High at 9 pm, 0.5 m. Low at 3 am, -1.2 mHigh 9 am, 0.3 m1 ftLow 3 pm, -0.9 m3 ftHigh 9 pm, 0.5 m2 ftLow 3 am, -1.2 m4 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • High 9 am, 0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.9 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.

  • Sun2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h18 mph, rain 78%
  • Mon2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h33 mph, rain 64%
  • Tue1.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 66 km/h41 mph, rain 80%
  • Wed2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 51 km/h32 mph, rain 63%
  • Thu4.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 16%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
1.2 km0.8 miClivocast (village)
Nearest airport
34 km21 miWhalsay Airstrip (WHS)

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

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