Fantasy Shipping Forecast

How it works

Using the daily 0048 Shipping Forecast from the Met Office, we take the average of each gale force mentioned for an area to determine that area's score. Pick a dream team of five sea areas, and your team's score will be the average of the scores of those regions, both daily and weekly.

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If you're already playing and want to check on your team, enter its name below. (If you're playing a tournament against friends, you can enter a comma-separated list of team names instead, to get a leaderboard.)

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Built in March 2012 by Kevan Davis (@kevan)
See also: Radio 4b
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RegionForecast for 2023-04-02Today's ScoreWeekly Average
FitzRoyNorthwesterly 5 at first in east, otherwise variable 4, becoming south or southeast 5 to 7 later, perhaps gale 8 later in Sole. Good.5.86.04
SoleNorthwesterly 5 at first in east, otherwise variable 4, becoming south or southeast 5 to 7 later, perhaps gale 8 later in Sole. Good.5.86.4
RockallVariable 2 to 4, becoming southeast 5 to 7 later, perhaps gale 8 later. Good.5.25.44
ShannonVariable 2 to 4, becoming southeast 5 to 7 later, perhaps gale 8 later. Good.5.26.03
BaileyWest backing south, 3 to 5, then backing southeast 5 to 7 later. Good.55.56
DoverNorth veering northeast, 4 to 6. Good.55.71
German BightEast or northeast 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5. Good.55.57
HumberEast or northeast 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5. Good.55.54
Southeast IcelandSouthwesterly backing southerly later, 4 to 6. Good, occasionally poor.56.29
ThamesEast or northeast 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5. Good.55.4
WightNorth veering northeast, 4 to 6. Good.55.71
FaeroesCyclonic becoming south later, 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first. Good, occasional moderate later.4.65.46
Fair IsleCyclonic becoming south later, 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first. Good, occasional moderate later.4.65.46
PlymouthNorthwest 4 to 6, veering north 4 or 5, then northeast 3 to 5 later. Good, occasionally moderate at first.4.55.88
PortlandNorthwest 4 to 6, veering north 4 or 5, then northeast 3 to 5 later. Good, occasionally moderate at first.4.55.71
HebridesNorthwest 3 to 5, becoming variable 4, then southeast 4 to 6 later. Good, occasional moderate later.4.45.03
MalinNorthwest 3 to 5, becoming variable 4, then southeast 4 to 6 later. Good, occasional moderate later.4.45.14
FastnetNorth 4 or 5, becoming variable 4, then southeast 3 to 5 later. Good, occasionally moderate later in west.4.25.78
Irish SeaNorth 4 or 5, becoming variable 4, then southeast 3 to 5 later. Good, occasionally moderate later in west.4.24.85
LundyNorth 4 or 5, becoming variable 4, then southeast 3 to 5 later. Good, occasionally moderate later in west.4.25.78
BiscayNorthwest 4 to 6, veering north or northeast 2 to 4 later. Good.45.8
CromartySoutheast veering south, 3 to 5. Good.44.65
FortiesEast or southeast, veering south later, 3 to 5. Good.45.25
DoggerNortheast 4 or 5, veering east 2 to 4, then southeast 4 later. Good.3.84.96
FisherNortheast 4 or 5, becoming variable 2 to 4. Good.3.75.95
North UtsireVariable 2 to 4, becoming southerly 3 to 5 later in Viking. Good.3.54.62
South UtsireVariable 2 to 4, becoming southerly 3 to 5 later in Viking. Good.3.54.75
TrafalgarVariable 2 to 4 in west, otherwise northerly 3 to 5. Good, occasionally poor.3.54.26
VikingVariable 2 to 4, becoming southerly 3 to 5 later in Viking. Good.3.54.8
ForthEast or northeast veering southeast, 2 to 4. Good.34.34
TyneEast or northeast veering southeast, 2 to 4. Good.34.7
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