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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 08 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
7.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Barvas (Lewis) at 2PM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
1
0
0
1
!
!
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313121211121211121214141415151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)291825982101191516381865254624171746177622604791680478869829108041103410800968285477298585844933324
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
2.63
11:28PM
2.67
12:07PM
2.40
12:31AM
2.48
1:37PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.93
5:15PM
1.15
5:52AM
1.16
6:06PM
1.37
7:04AM
1.34
7:30PM
1.53
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:35-------6:31-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:23-------8:25--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------111-1--11-------35
Temp. °C888887888767776555677755
Feels °C (?)5420-1-21230-2-20-1-3-4-3-10-1-1-1-4-5
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