The 150 year-old shipping forecast is 93% accurate and is never longer than 380 words

Southeast

Iceland

Faeroes

North

Utsire

Bailey

Fair Isle

Viking

South

Utsire

Hebrides

Cromarty

Forties

Fisher

Forth

Rockall

Malin

Tyne

Dogger

German

Bight

Irish

Sea

Humber

Shannon

Thames

Fastnet

Lundy

Dover

Wight

Sole

Plymouth

Portland

FitzRoy

Biscay

Trafalgar

Robert FitzRoy, the captain of HMS Beagle had this sea area named after him in 2002. It was formerly Finisterre

Southeast

Iceland

Faeroes

North

Utsire

Bailey

Fair Isle

Viking

South

Utsire

Hebrides

Cromarty

Forties

Fisher

Forth

Rockall

Malin

Tyne

Dogger

German

Bight

Irish

Sea

Humber

Shannon

Thames

Fastnet

Lundy

Dover

Wight

Sole

Plymouth

Robert FitzRoy, the captain of HMS Beagle had this sea area named after him in 2002. It was formerly Finisterre

Portland

Biscay

Trafalgar