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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 2AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.8
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.3
NNE
3.5
WSW
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.2
W
2.3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
N
1.6
NNW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
N
Period(s) (?)999999991315141413121211121010108889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412430461476549474422292370110444120581249498095603259111651421148112575227691206636950
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
SE
15
SE
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
40
S
50
S
55
SSW
55
SSW
60
SW
65
SW
55
SW
50
WSW
35
WNW
20
NW
10
N
10
E
20
ESE
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
2.64
4:43PM
2.86
5:33AM
2.85
5:41PM
3.11
6:20AM
3.07
6:25PM
3.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
1.00
10:35AM
1.18
11:16PM
0.75
11:35AM
0.95
12:06AM
0.50
12:20PM
0.73
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:58--------7:00-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:37-------7:35
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11---11-------1----
Temp. °C121111121312151413131414141413121212121314151514
Feels °C (?)1110876585223245781010988899
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0.0
14.6
Air / Water (°C)
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