Cliff Beach (Lewis) surf break

Cliff Beach (Lewis) surfForecast / Scot – Outer Hebrides / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Cliff Beach (Lewis) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cliff Beach (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 Cliff Beach (Lewis) today?

The current surf forecast for Cliff Beach (Lewis) at 10PM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)16ft (5.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
2
!
4
3
0
0
0
0
1
!
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
N
2.5
SW
5
WSW
6
WSW
6.5
WSW
6
WSW
5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2
N
1.7
N
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
N
3.5
N
3.5
N
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
Period(s) (?)981414141313121212111010101088109910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)199941905114182161831306873283481201218391853156712267865666998441308161017832437238419721647
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
55
SSW
60
SSW
60
SSW
65
SW
60
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
25
WNW
10
NW
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
ESE
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
10
NNE
30
NE
45
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35PM
2.79
5:24AM
2.80
5:34PM
3.03
6:11AM
3.03
6:18PM
3.25
6:49AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.76
11:28AM
0.92
11:57PM
0.51
12:12PM
0.69
12:36AM
0.31
12:49PM
0.51
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------7:01-------7:03-------7:05-
Sunset-7:43-------7:39-------7:37------
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-111------123-1114442--
Temp. °C14141313141314141313121212131313131311109101010
Feels °C (?)642221689111110965456940112
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Outer Hebrides

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cliff Beach (Lewis) (calm at Stornoway 35 km from Cliff Beach (Lewis)). 1.2m 9s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.

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0.0
14.6
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