Key Details

  • Status Operational
  • Availability Commercial Research
  • Average water depth (meters)21-25m

Listing Description

The site at Shapinsay Sound, to the north-east of Kirkwall, has fairly benign velocity marine currents with a peak tide of 1.5m/s. The site features water depths of 21m-25m water, in an area 0.4km across and approximately 0.9km in length.