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.
If you want to organise a tournament, just ask your friends for their team names and use the box below to generate a leaderboard table whenever you like.
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.)
Not got a Fantasy Shipping Forecast team yet? Create one here.
| Region | Forecast for 2021-01-16 | Today's Score | Weekly Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey | Cyclonic becoming northwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, perhaps storm 10 later. Moderate or poor. | 8.2 | 6.34 |
| Hebrides | Cyclonic becoming northwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times. Moderate or poor. | 7.6 | 6.04 |
| Malin | Cyclonic becoming northwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times. Moderate or poor. | 7.6 | 5.86 |
| Rockall | Cyclonic becoming northwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times. Moderate or good. | 7.6 | 6.27 |
| Cromarty | South 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, then veering west 5 to 7 later. Good, occasionally poor. | 7 | 5.84 |
| Faeroes | Southeasterly becoming cyclonic mainly westerly, 7 to severe gale 9, but decreasing 5 or 6 for a time. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.7 | 5.85 |
| Fair Isle | Southeasterly becoming cyclonic mainly westerly, 7 to severe gale 9, but decreasing 5 or 6 for a time. Moderate or poor. | 6.7 | 6.13 |
| Southeast Iceland | Southeasterly becoming cyclonic mainly westerly, 7 to severe gale 9, but decreasing 5 or 6 for a time. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.7 | 6.02 |
| Viking | South 5 or 6 backing southeast 7 to severe gale 9. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Irish Sea | South 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, then veering west or northwest 4 to 6. Moderate or poor, becoming good. | 6.6 | 5.23 |
| Dogger | South 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.5 | 5.82 |
| Forth | South 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.5 | 5.57 |
| Forties | South 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later. Good, occasionally poor later. | 6.5 | 5.95 |
| Tyne | South 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.5 | 5.57 |
| North Utsire | Southeasterly 3 to 5 increasing 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 later. Good, occasionally poor. | 6.2 | 5.01 |
| Fastnet | South 6 to gale 8 veering west or northwest 4 to 6. Moderate or poor, becoming good. | 6 | 5.44 |
| Lundy | South 6 to gale 8 veering west or northwest 4 to 6. Moderate or poor, becoming good. | 6 | 5.63 |
| Shannon | Westerly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first in northwest, then veering northwesterly 4 to 6. Moderate or poor, becoming good. | 6 | 5.69 |
| Plymouth | South 5 to 7 veering northwest 4 to 6. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 5.5 | 4.99 |
| South Utsire | Southeasterly 3 to 5 increasing 6 to gale 8. Good, occasionally poor later. | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Humber | South 3 to 5 increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering northwest 4 to 6 later. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Portland | South 3 to 5 increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering northwest 4 to 6 later. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 5.3 | 4.89 |
| Wight | South 3 to 5 increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering northwest 4 to 6 later. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 5.3 | 4.87 |
| Dover | South 3 to 5 increasing 6 or 7, then veering northwest 4 to 6 later. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 5.1 | 4.76 |
| Thames | South 3 to 5 increasing 6 or 7, then veering northwest 4 to 6 later. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 5.1 | 5.01 |
| Sole | Southwest 5 to 7 veering north 3 or 4. Good, occasionally poor. | 4.7 | 5.02 |
| Fisher | Variable 2 to 4 becoming south 5 to 7. Good, occasionally poor. | 4.5 | 5.72 |
| German Bight | Variable 2 to 4 becoming south 5 to 7. Moderate, occasionally very poor. | 4.5 | 5.53 |
| Biscay | Variable 2 to 4, becoming southwest then cyclonic 4 to 6. Good, occasionally poor at first. | 4 | 4.94 |
| FitzRoy | Variable 2 to 4 in far south, but elsewhere southwesterly becoming cyclonic 4 to 6. Good. | 4 | 4.96 |
| Trafalgar | Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, but variable 2 in northwest. Good, occasionally poor. | 3.3 | 4.13 |
