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Dalbeg

★★★★★Small
Beach break Faces NW high tide Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Thursday around 17:00, 3–5 ft and offshore.

Surf now7–10ft2.6 m at 11 s from the W, wind sea 1.4 m from the SW
Wind20mphSW · cross-on · gusts 34
Tide 2.6mFalling · low 20:24 (1.7 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
7–11 ft Swell W 11s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Mon
13–18 ft Swell W 12s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Tue
8–11 ft Swell W 10s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Wed
6–9 ft Swell W 9s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Thu
3–5 ft Swell N 6s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Fri
3–4 ft Swell W 5s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Sat
11–15 ft Swell W 7s Wind 21 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 7–11 7–9 6–9 10–14 12–17 13–18 8–11 7–11 7–10 7–9 6–9 6–9 5–8 6–8 6–8 6–8 6–8 5–7 4–6 4–6 3–5 2–3 3–5 3–5 3–5 4–6 9–13 11–15 12–16 12–17 12–17
Swell 11s 11s 8s 11s 12s 11s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s 7s 7s 8s 8s 7s 7s 6s 6s 6s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 7s 7s 8s 11s 10s
Wind mph 19 24 27 26 24 20 15 16 17 15 14 15 15 16 17 15 9 9 7 9 11 16 16 19 19 15 19 21 24 23 21
Tide m 2.2↓ 2.5↓ 1.9↑ 2.7↑ 3.4↑ 2.8↓ 3.1↓ 1.9↓ 2.0↑ 3.4↑ 3.4↓ 3.5↓ 2.1↓ 1.5↑ 3.0↑ 3.9↓ 3.8↑ 2.6↓ 1.2↑ 2.5↑ 4.1↑ 3.8↑ 3.1↓ 1.1↓ 2.0↑ 4.0↑ 3.6↑ 3.6↓ 1.2↓ 1.5↑ 3.7↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Dalbeg faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Carloway 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

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

NESWfaces NWWSW
W
2.6 m at 11 s (swell) · 89 % reaches the beach
SW
1.4 m at 5 s (wind sea) · 6 % reaches the beach

How Dalbeg works

Swell
Best from the north west.
Wind
South East is offshore.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
On the north Coast road, easy to find.

A beautiful small sandy beach cove on the north coast road. Can offer a little shelter from winds and surf due to high cliff faces that flank the cove. Punchy beach beach with Lefts and rights.

Tide times

  • Sun 20:24Low1.7 m
  • Mon 02:48High3.2 m
  • Mon 08:48Low1.9 m
  • Mon 15:22High3.4 m
  • Mon 22:10Low1.5 m
  • Tue 04:19High3.4 m
  • Tue 10:20Low1.7 m
  • Tue 16:40High3.7 m

Carloway station, 4 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Dalbeg Dalbeg Dalbeg A beautiful small sandy beach cove on the north coast road. Can offer a little shelter from winds and surf due to high cliff faces that flank the cove. Punchy beach beach with Lefts and rights.

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

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