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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 20 Oct 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
13.0° 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 10PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (20 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
1
NNW
1.1
NW
1
NNW
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.2
WSW
2.1
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)111111101099107888877799999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117119117856814120617947487512511117904547628498673124212301162982102611841282
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
40
W
45
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
3.41
7:30AM
3.44
7:38PM
3.43
7:57AM
3.47
8:08PM
3.40
8:25AM
3.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
0.48
1:19AM
0.22
1:35PM
0.39
1:47AM
0.24
2:04PM
0.34
2:16AM
0.30
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------8:14-------8:15-------8:18-
Sunset6:07-------6:06-------6:02-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
32114-------------------
Temp. °C12121212121111111010109988998988889
Feels °C (?)111010910754000-1-1-2-2-10-10-1-1002
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Outer Hebrides

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Barvas (Lewis) (calm at Stornoway 21 km from Barvas (Lewis)). 1.0m 8s swell from the N with a 0.8m 10s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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