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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 BST
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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
8.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Barvas (Lewis) at 1PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
2
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1
WNW
1.5
W
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)1215151413131212121111111010101099999889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6604459788747004993652941861191168553333330151414146666
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
3.37
10:34PM
3.37
11:13AM
3.07
11:30PM
3.13
12:24PM
2.78
12:41AM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.18
4:24PM
0.49
4:56AM
0.39
5:16PM
0.81
5:59AM
0.64
6:20PM
1.10
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-5:58-------5:56-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:51-------8:53-------8:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C7779109888778889111010101112121111
Feels °C (?)110332223223335888889998
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