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North Hosta

★★★★★Small
Faces W mid tide Offshore East Best swell west

Best of the week: Thursday around 09:00, 4–7 ft and offshore.

Surf now10–13ft2.5 m at 11 s from the W, wind sea 2.0 m from the SW
Wind20mphSW · onshore · gusts 34
Tide 2.1mFalling · low 20:04 (1.5 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
9–13 ft Swell W 11s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Mon
12–17 ft Swell NW 11s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Tue
7–10 ft Swell W 9s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Wed
6–8 ft Swell W 8s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–7 ft Swell W 8s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Fri
6–8 ft Swell W 7s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Sat
11–16 ft Swell W 10s Wind 24 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
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 10–14 9–13 9–13 11–15 12–17 12–17 8–11 8–11 7–10 7–10 7–10 7–11 6–8 6–9 6–9 6–9 5–7 4–7 4–6 3–5 3–4 5–7 5–7 6–9 6–9 6–9 8–11 9–13 10–14 11–16 11–16
Swell 11s 7s 7s 10s 11s 11s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 6s 7s 8s 8s 9s 8s 8s 8s 11s 10s
Wind mph 19 21 22 22 19 18 15 12 14 17 14 18 20 20 21 20 9 9 9 12 13 19 20 22 20 19 24 26 27 25 22
Tide m 1.9↓ 2.1↓ 1.7↑ 2.4↑ 3.1↑ 2.4↓ 2.6↓ 1.6↓ 1.9↑ 3.1↑ 3.0↓ 3.1↓ 1.8↓ 1.5↑ 3.0↑ 3.5↓ 3.4↓ 2.1↓ 1.1↑ 2.6↑ 3.8↓ 3.6↑ 2.5↓ 1.0↓ 2.2↑ 3.9↑ 3.7↑ 2.9↓ 1.0↓ 1.7↑ 3.8↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way North Hosta faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Scolpaig 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

North Hosta faces west. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces WWSW
W
2.5 m at 11 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
2.0 m at 6 s (wind sea) · 87 % reaches the beach

How North Hosta works

Swell
Best from the west.
Wind
East is offshore.
Tide
mid tide.
Getting there
OS map is best.

An intimidating and powerful wave. Very hollow with big barrels but tends to break in fast sections. It is fast and shallow so be prepared to eat sand and carry a first aid kit. An interesting challange for hard core soul surfer types. Choice when it's working well.

Tide times

  • Sun 20:04Low1.5 m
  • Mon 02:43High2.8 m
  • Mon 08:26Low1.7 m
  • Mon 15:12High3.1 m
  • Mon 21:47Low1.3 m
  • Tue 04:01High3.0 m
  • Tue 09:58Low1.5 m
  • Tue 16:19High3.3 m

Scolpaig station, 3 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

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