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Eoropie

★★★★★Small
Reef break Faces NW all tides Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Thursday around 10:00, 6–8 ft and offshore.

Surf now8–11ft1.8 m at 9 s from the NW, wind sea 2.6 m from the W
Wind18mphSW · cross-on · gusts 30
Tide 2.9mFalling · low 03:19 (1.7 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
7–9 ft Swell W 8s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Sun
12–16 ft Swell N 12s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Mon
10–13 ft Swell N 9s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Tue
5–7 ft Swell N 8s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Wed
5–7 ft Swell NE 9s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Thu
6–8 ft Swell NE 10s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19
Time 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 8–10 8–11 8–12 7–9 7–9 13–18 13–17 11–15 10–13 9–12 11–15 10–14 9–12 7–10 6–9 5–7 4–6 3–5 2–4 2–3 3–5 4–6 5–7 5–7 5–7 6–9 6–9 6–8 5–7 5–7
Swell 6s 7s 9s 8s 9s 13s 12s 12s 12s 11s 8s 10s 9s 9s 9s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 8s 9s 9s 10s 10s 10s 9s 9s
Wind mph 15 16 17 4 15 14 10 8 4 6 24 17 15 12 14 19 18 16 15 14 17 17 15 14 12 7 7 8 7 7
Tide m 2.8↑ 4.3↑ 3.4↓ 1.8↓ 2.4↑ 2.5↑ 4.0↑ 3.7↓ 2.2↓ 2.2↑ 2.4↑ 3.5↑ 3.9↓ 2.7↓ 2.1↑ 2.4↑ 3.1↑ 3.9↑ 3.2↓ 2.2↓ 2.5↓ 2.7↑ 3.7↑ 3.7↓ 2.5↓ 2.8↓ 2.4↑ 3.4↑ 4.0↓ 2.9↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Eoropie faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Stornoway 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

Eoropie faces north-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from SW 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 NWNWW
NW
1.8 m at 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
W
2.6 m at 6 s (wind sea) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Eoropie 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
A Beach right on the North west of Lewis, Drive north up the coast road.. you can't miss it!

Eoropie is a large exposed beach. Probably the most exposed spot on the Island of Lewis so head here if it's small. The beach has various shifting sandbar peaks which break left and right, there is also Reef/Boulder breaks at either end of the bay. It's a pretty safe place to surf, just the usual Rips and rocks to deal with.

Tide times

  • Sat 03:19Low1.7 m
  • Sat 09:15High4.3 m
  • Sat 15:49Low1.7 m
  • Sat 21:48High3.8 m
  • Sun 03:56Low2.0 m
  • Sun 10:04High4.1 m
  • Sun 16:33Low1.9 m
  • Sun 22:48High3.6 m

Stornoway station, 34 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

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Eoropie

Members' own photos of Eoropie. Credits: Sie Baker.

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