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North Hosta

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

Best of the week: Thursday around 11:00, 6–8 ft and offshore.

Surf now6–9ft1.7 m at 8 s from the NW, wind sea 1.8 m from the SW
Wind18mphSW · cross-on · gusts 31
Tide 1.9mFalling · low 02:39 (1.4 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
5–7 ft Swell SW 5s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Sun
13–18 ft Swell NW 13s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Mon
7–10 ft Swell N 10s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Tue
4–5 ft Swell N 8s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Wed
6–8 ft Swell SW 12s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Thu
6–8 ft Swell SW 12s 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 6–8 6–8 6–8 5–7 4–6 13–18 12–16 11–15 10–14 9–12 9–12 8–11 7–10 7–9 6–8 4–5 3–5 3–4 2–4 2–3 4–6 4–6 5–7 5–8 6–9 6–8 6–8 5–8 5–7 4–6
Swell 6s 6s 6s 5s 5s 13s 12s 12s 12s 11s 10s 10s 10s 10s 9s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 11s 11s 11s 12s 12s 12s 12s 12s 11s 11s
Wind mph 16 18 14 7 28 15 7 6 8 11 20 14 13 14 18 21 18 17 18 17 14 13 15 13 11 7 7 7 7 8
Tide m 2.5↑ 3.3↓ 2.3↓ 1.4↓ 2.1↑ 2.2↑ 3.2↑ 2.6↓ 1.6↓ 1.8↑ 1.9↑ 2.9↑ 2.9↓ 1.9↓ 1.7↑ 1.8↑ 2.5↑ 3.0↓ 2.3↓ 1.6↑ 1.8↓ 2.2↑ 2.9↑ 2.7↓ 1.7↓ 1.9↓ 1.8↑ 2.8↑ 3.0↓ 2.0↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way North Hosta faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. 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 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

North Hosta 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 NWNWSW
NW
1.7 m at 8 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
1.8 m at 5 s (wind sea) · 89 % reaches the beach

How North Hosta works

Swell
Best from the west.
Wind
Offshore is from the east; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
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

  • Sat 02:39Low1.4 m
  • Sat 08:42High3.4 m
  • Sat 15:09Low1.4 m
  • Sat 21:15High2.9 m
  • Sun 03:16Low1.5 m
  • Sun 09:31High3.2 m
  • Sun 15:53Low1.5 m
  • Sun 22:15High2.7 m

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

Photos

In the gallery
Tràigh Stir – Hosta Beach - geograph.org.uk - 2921178 Tràigh Stir (Hosta beach) - geograph.org.uk - 2918298

Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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