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Bragar

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

Best of the week: Thursday around 11:00, 4–6 ft and offshore.

Surf now6–8ft2.5 m at 10 s from the W, wind sea 0.9 m from the S
Wind18mphS · offshore · gusts 28
Tide 3.8mFalling · low 00:32 (0.9 m). Works low to mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
6–8 ft Swell W 10s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Sun
35–45 ft Swell NW 12s Wind 47 mph ★★★★★
Mon
8–11 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Tue
29–38 ft Swell W 12s Wind 34 mph ★★★★★
Wed
10–14 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–6 ft Swell W 7s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Fri
2–4 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 19 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 6–8 19–26 34–44 32–42 30–39 26–35 10–13 8–11 7–10 6–8 4–6 7–9 7–10 8–11 29–38 27–35 12–16 11–15 10–14 10–14 9–12 5–7 4–6 3–4 3–4 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–4
Swell 10s 9s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 11s 8s 9s 11s 12s 8s 9s 9s 9s 8s 7s 7s 7s 8s 8s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 18 43 45 44 40 36 12 9 12 17 18 31 29 37 35 33 20 15 22 19 18 17 18 22 21 25 12 10 10 9 9
Tide m 4.0↓ 4.0↑ 2.4↓ 1.0↑ 2.6↑ 4.3↑ 4.1↑ 3.0↓ 0.9↓ 2.1↑ 4.2↑ 3.9↑ 3.5↓ 1.0↓ 1.5↑ 3.9↑ 3.6↑ 3.9↓ 1.4↓ 1.2↑ 3.4↑ 3.2↑ 4.1↓ 2.0↓ 1.0↑ 2.7↑ 2.6↑ 4.0↑ 2.6↓ 1.1↓ 2.1↑
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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 Wednesday 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 NWS
W
2.5 m at 10 s (swell) · 80 % reaches the beach
S
0.9 m at 4 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

  • Sun 00:32Low0.9 m
  • Sun 06:01High4.0 m
  • Sun 11:48Low1.0 m
  • Sun 18:08High4.3 m
  • Mon 00:05Low0.7 m
  • Mon 06:38High4.2 m
  • Mon 12:22Low0.8 m
  • Mon 18:52High4.4 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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