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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Barvas (Lewis) at 3AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 03). 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 (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (03 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (03 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)88887131312121111111010101010101079899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)165134129111129205264294400360292232183170135159273382409387450429520527
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SE
5
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
2.38
4:54PM
2.59
5:29AM
2.61
5:43PM
2.88
6:13AM
2.87
6:21PM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11PM
1.38
10:38AM
1.33
11:18PM
1.12
11:33AM
1.09
12:03AM
0.80
12:14PM
0.83
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise---6:28-------6:30-------6:31----
Sunset-------8:21-------8:17-------8:15
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312131415151413131212151615141212121214141414
Feels °C (?)91091113141212111199111211988779899
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2 km/h
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0.0
14.7
Air / Water (°C)
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