Barvas (Lewis) surfForecast / Scot – Outer Hebrides / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 GMT
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Barvas (Lewis) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barvas (Lewis) sea temperature is
7.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Barvas (Lewis) today?

The current surf forecast for Barvas (Lewis) at 2PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Barvas (Lewis). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
1
2
0
0
!
2
3
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
5
!
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.5
W
1.8
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WNW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
2.5
W
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)1312121113121110101099202012181817171616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5144063803637409091891168597861274520660212051691219327983770545150064769534159555633
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
S
5
SE
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
30
SW
15
S
25
S
40
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
3.77
8:19PM
3.50
8:25AM
3.77
8:53PM
3.47
9:00AM
3.68
9:28PM
3.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
-0.06
2:19AM
0.25
2:45PM
-0.04
2:54AM
0.29
3:21PM
0.09
3:32AM
0.41
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise7:48-------7:47-------7:43-------
Sunset--5:30-------5:32-------5:36-----
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--11----1131-1----13-1-1
Temp. °C3434677655677898889109988
Feels °C (?)-1-1-3-3-2-1-3-2-22133210244221-1-1
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