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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 12 Mar 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
7.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Barvas (Lewis) at 8PM is: 7.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 1.7m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)--
Afternoon (12 Mar)20ft (6.0m)14s
Evening (12 Mar)23ft (7.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6
W
6.5
W
7
W
6.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
6
W
6
WNW
6
WNW
6
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)141516161616151414141414141313121212121313121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1396118777231312136615824125831000310640136961495015116145891217592947318547345543416350834622972265325213362
Wind
(km/h)
50
SW
50
SW
50
SW
55
SSW
30
WSW
30
W
40
W
45
W
50
W
45
WNW
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
2.23
2:06AM
2.32
3:13PM
2.29
3:39AM
2.49
4:22PM
2.51
4:33AM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
1.56
8:48AM
1.45
9:22PM
1.46
10:09AM
1.21
10:24PM
1.22
10:54AM
0.90
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise------6:48-------6:46-------6:43-
Sunset-6:20-------6:22-------6:24------
rain showers
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-1511111111111-----2-1
Temp. °C544345655666666776565766
Feels °C (?)-7-8-8-9-4-3-4-6-7-5-4-4-4-3-2-100-1-1-4-2-4-5
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