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Bragar

★★★★★Fair
Beach break Faces N low to mid tide Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Saturday around 19:00, 6–8 ft and offshore.

Surf now6–8ft2.3 m at 10 s from the W, wind sea 2.4 m from the SW
Wind30mphS · offshore · gusts 49
Tide 3.7mFalling · low 15:17 (1.1 m). Works low to mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Wed
15–20 ft Swell W 14s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Thu
19–25 ft Swell W 15s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Fri
10–14 ft Swell NW 12s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Sat
6–8 ft Swell W 8s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Sun
5–7 ft Swell W 8s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Mon
3–4 ft Swell W 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Tue
5–7 ft Swell W 10s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20
Time 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 6–9 9–12 13–17 19–25 17–22 15–20 14–18 12–17 9–13 10–13 10–14 10–14 10–13 8–10 6–9 6–9 6–9 6–9 5–7 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–6 3–4 3–4 4–5 5–7 7–9 6–8 5–7 5–7 4–6 4–6
Swell 7s 12s 13s 15s 14s 13s 13s 12s 11s 11s 12s 11s 11s 11s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 9s 8s 10s 11s 10s 10s 10s 10s 10s
Wind mph 35 34 18 11 15 14 17 13 11 14 19 18 14 7 7 7 8 6 8 9 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 13 12 12 13 11
Tide m 2.8↓ 1.2↓ 2.1↑ 2.0↑ 3.6↑ 3.1↓ 1.5↓ 1.9↑ 1.9↑ 3.3↑ 3.2↓ 1.9↓ 1.8↑ 1.9↑ 2.9↑ 3.3↓ 2.3↓ 1.8↑ 2.0↑ 2.6↑ 3.2↑ 2.7↓ 2.0↓ 2.2↓ 2.3↑ 3.0↑ 3.1↓ 2.4↓ – – – – –
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Bragar faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Carloway above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Saturday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Bragar faces north. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from W round to E; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWSW
W
2.3 m at 10 s (swell) · 87 % reaches the beach
SW
2.4 m at 6 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Bragar works

Swell
Best from the north west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south east; anything with north in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
low to mid tide.
Getting there
Easy to find on the North Coast Road

Bragar is an exposed beach break that offers various left and right breaks. Rocks and rips a hazzard but otherwise pretty nice!

Tide times

  • Wed 15:17Low1.1 m
  • Wed 21:38High3.7 m
  • Thu 03:34Low1.2 m
  • Thu 09:54High3.7 m
  • Thu 15:53Low1.3 m
  • Thu 22:08High3.4 m
  • Fri 04:09Low1.5 m
  • Fri 10:25High3.5 m

Carloway station, 11 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Beach at Port Mhòr Bhràgair - geograph.org.uk - 4229396 Windsurfer at Port Mhòr Bhràgair - geograph.org.uk - 4229386

Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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