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North Hosta

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

Best of the week: Monday around 15:00, 5–8 ft and offshore.

Surf now19–26ft5.9 m at 13 s from the W, wind sea 2.5 m from the SW
Wind22mphSW · cross-on · gusts 38
Tide 2.1mFalling · low 00:17 (0.8 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
19–26 ft Swell W 13s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Sun
32–42 ft Swell NW 12s Wind 42 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–8 ft Swell W 9s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Tue
29–38 ft Swell W 12s Wind 46 mph ★★★★★
Wed
10–13 ft Swell W 9s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Thu
3–5 ft Swell S 4s Wind 31 mph ★★★★★
Fri
4–6 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 21 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 19–26 30–39 32–42 29–39 26–35 22–29 9–13 8–11 7–10 5–8 5–7 18–24 23–31 27–36 29–39 25–33 10–13 8–11 7–10 8–11 7–10 5–8 5–7 4–6 3–5 3–5 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–6
Swell 13s 12s 12s 12s 11s 11s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 10s 11s 11s 12s 11s 9s 9s 7s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 4s 4s 5s 9s 10s 9s 9s
Wind mph 22 42 42 39 35 30 6 8 16 22 29 39 42 47 42 36 21 18 24 20 22 20 22 26 29 32 14 12 13 11 11
Tide m 2.4↓ 3.6↓ 1.9↓ 1.0↑ 2.9↑ 3.9↓ 3.9↓ 2.4↓ 0.8↓ 2.4↑ 4.1↑ 4.0↑ 2.9↓ 0.9↓ 1.8↑ 4.0↑ 3.7↑ 3.3↓ 1.2↓ 1.3↑ 3.5↑ 3.3↑ 3.6↓ 1.6↓ 1.0↑ 2.8↑ 2.7↑ 3.6↓ 2.2↓ 1.0↓ 2.1↑
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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 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 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 NWWSW
W
5.9 m at 13 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
2.5 m at 7 s (wind sea) · 50 % 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

  • Sun 00:17Low0.8 m
  • Sun 05:20High3.7 m
  • Sun 11:34Low0.9 m
  • Sun 17:26High4.0 m
  • Sun 23:52Low0.7 m
  • Mon 05:51High3.9 m
  • Mon 12:10Low0.8 m
  • Mon 18:03High4.1 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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