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Cliff

★★★★★Flat
Beach break Faces NW all tides Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Monday around 08:00, 2–3 ft and cross-off.

Surf now0ft1.9 m at 11 s from the W, wind sea 1.5 m from the SW
Wind18mphS · cross-off · gusts 31
Tide 4.2mRising · high 18:11 (4.3 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
0 ft Swell W 11s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–4 ft Swell W 11s Wind 44 mph ★★★★★
Mon
2–3 ft Swell NW 10s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Tue
1–2 ft Swell W 10s Wind 34 mph ★★★★★
Wed
3–5 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Thu
2–3 ft Swell W 8s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Fri
0–1 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 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 0 2–4 16–21 18–23 15–20 13–18 2–4 2–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 0 0 0 0–1 1–2 3–4 2–3 3–5 3–4 3–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
Swell 11s 11s 12s 12s 12s 12s 10s 10s 9s 9s 9s 12s 7s 7s 9s 10s 7s 9s 7s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 22 44 46 41 39 34 9 7 12 19 19 32 31 38 38 36 22 17 23 20 20 18 20 23 23 26 13 12 12 11 10
Tide m 4.3↑ 4.2↓ 2.3↓ 0.8↑ 2.8↑ 4.5↓ 4.4↑ 2.9↓ 0.7↓ 2.2↑ 4.6↑ 4.4↑ 3.5↓ 0.9↓ 1.5↑ 4.3↑ 4.0↑ 3.9↓ 1.3↓ 0.9↑ 3.7↑ 3.4↑ 4.2↓ 2.0↓ 0.8↑ 2.8↑ – – – – –
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Cliff faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Little Bernera 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 Tuesday 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

Cliff faces north-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from NW round to N; 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 NWWSW
W
1.9 m at 11 s (swell) · blocked, 0 %
SW
1.5 m at 7 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Cliff works

Swell
Best from the north west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south east; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
all tides.
Getting there
It's easy to find, but can be a bit of a pain to drive to if ur based on the main north west coast. Follow the coast to the south and you'll come accross cliff.. eventually!!

A sheltered beach beak that faces north west. Had varios left and right peaks up and down the beach. Can have rips in bigger surf. Generally offers a punchy short wave.

Tide times

  • Sat 18:11High4.3 m
  • Sun 00:34Low0.7 m
  • Sun 05:40High4.2 m
  • Sun 11:52Low0.8 m
  • Sun 17:46High4.5 m
  • Mon 00:10Low0.5 m
  • Mon 06:12High4.4 m
  • Mon 12:29Low0.6 m

Little Bernera station, 8 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

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