Fishing weather - "not very nice".



Twenty four hours of wind speed data from the Sevenstone Lightship measured in feet.



Twenty four hours of wave height data from a SW Irish weather buoy measured in feet.

Just to get some idea as to the weather conditions currently being experienced by the hake netter fleet working west of the Scillies. With winds gusting to nearly 40 mph and wave height giving an average swell height well into double figures this week's fish will be hard fought for indeed.

Gill netter Ajax's position around Thursday lunch time 50.07N..007.30W
The wind SW 7-9, in fishermen's parlance, "not very nice".

In some sea areas this morning's shipping forecast was giving storm force 10 at times, worse still off Scotland and the North Sea.