Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cliff Beach (Lewis) today (12 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cliff Beach (Lewis) at 4PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 11s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Cliff Beach (Lewis). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon afternoon, gales from the SSW by Wed afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 13 | W 10 | W 12 | W 12 | SW 10 | WSW 11 | W 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | W 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 51 | 629 | 447 | 418 | 411 | 752 | 1676 | 1418 | 1245 | 1243 | 1245 | 3344 | 2137 | 1775 | 1365 | 1626 | 3428 | 2720 | 10055 | 13795 | 16092 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross |
High Tide | 8:16AM3.54m | 8:31PM3.45m | 8:47AM3.45m | 9:04PM3.29m | 9:18AM3.29m | 9:38PM3.08m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:23PM0.19m | 2:36AM0.23m | 2:55PM0.28m | 3:07AM0.42m | 3:28PM0.43m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  |  | |  |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | |  | | | |
 | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:27 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 8 | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
Feels °C | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | — | — | W 12 | W 12 | WNW 11 | — | W 12 | — | — | W 15 |
| kJ | 40 | 39 | 447 | 418 | 411 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 326 | 547 | — | — | 1775 | 1365 | 669 | — | 2440 | — | — | 16092 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | WNW 11 | — | — | — | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 29 | 16 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 24 | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | N 8 | WNW 9 | W 9 | WNW 12 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 51 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | SW 11 | — | — | — | SW 11 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 13 | W 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 11 | SW 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | — |
| kJ | 307 | 629 | — | — | — | 752 | 1676 | 1418 | 1245 | 1243 | 1245 | 3344 | 2137 | 609 | 727 | 1626 | 3428 | 2720 | 10055 | 13795 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 118 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 367 | 162 | 336 | 314 | 316 | 314 | 314 | 317 | 314 | 162 | 162 | 190 | 1002 | 932 | 822 | 231 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Outer Hebrides | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cliff Beach (Lewis) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest