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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
7.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Barvas (Lewis) at 10AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
1
1
1
0
0
!
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
4
5
!
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
WSW
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.5
W
1.8
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.1
WSW
1.6
W
2.5
W
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)13121312121113121110101010913121918181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73458151440638736375292518571650896552361211878195417062193279837705183415641694425
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
S
35
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
35
SSW
40
SW
20
WNW
15
N
15
ENE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SSW
35
WSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
3.77
8:19PM
3.50
8:25AM
3.77
8:53PM
3.47
9:00AM
3.68
9:28PM
3.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
-0.06
2:19AM
0.25
2:45PM
-0.04
2:54AM
0.29
3:21PM
0.09
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--7:48-------7:47-------7:43-----
Sunset----5:30-------5:32-------5:36---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---11----32--1------21-
Temp. °C333434677659888887777998
Feels °C (?)-1-1-1-2-4-4-3-2-3-2-21221-133322310
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