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Vallay

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Beach break Faces N low tide Offshore South West Best swell North
Surf now0–1ft4.5 m at 12 s from the W, wind sea 1.3 m from the SW
Wind23mphSW · offshore · gusts 40
Tide 2.1mFalling · low 00:17 (0.8 m). Works low tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
0–1 ft Swell W 12s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Sun
1–2 ft Swell W 11s Wind 41 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0–1 ft Swell NW 10s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Tue
1–2 ft Swell W 10s Wind 46 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0–1 ft Swell W 8s Wind 32 mph ★★★★★
Fri
0–1 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 14 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 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0
Swell 12s 11s 12s 12s 11s 11s 10s 10s 9s 9s 10s 12s 11s 11s 12s 11s 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s 10s 10s 9s 9s
Wind mph 23 41 39 35 31 26 5 8 17 21 27 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 Vallay 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

Vallay faces north. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from N round to NE; 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 NWSW
W
4.5 m at 12 s (swell) · 4 % reaches the beach
SW
1.3 m at 6 s (wind sea) · 2 % reaches the beach

How Vallay works

Swell
Best from the north.
Wind
Offshore is from the south west; anything with north in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
low tide.
Getting there
Go to North Uist via Lochmaddy. Head north to Vallay turn right to beach.

Beach break. Rights and lefts with good shape. Benefits from facing north and thus tending to shape up well given the prevailing south westerly winds.

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, 6 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Flat sands - geograph.org.uk - 4599507

Stephen Darlington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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