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Eoropie

★★★★★Small
Reef break Faces NW all tides Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Thursday around 15:00, 4–6 ft and offshore.

Surf now8–11ft2.5 m at 11 s from the W, wind sea 1.9 m from the SW
Wind21mphSW · cross-on · gusts 34
Tide 3.2mFalling · low 20:44 (2.0 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
8–11 ft Swell W 11s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Mon
4–6 ft Swell W 7s Wind 27 mph ★★★★★
Tue
8–12 ft Swell NW 10s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Wed
6–9 ft Swell NW 9s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–6 ft Swell N 6s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Fri
2–3 ft Swell W 5s Wind 20 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 8–11 4–6 7–11 8–12 13–18 13–18 8–12 8–11 7–10 7–10 6–9 6–9 6–9 6–9 6–9 6–9 7–10 7–10 5–7 4–6 4–5 2–3 3–5 3–5 4–6 4–6 9–13 11–15 12–17 13–18 13–18
Swell 11s 7s 8s 8s 8s 12s 10s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 7s 8s 8s 8s 8s 6s 6s 6s 6s 4s 5s 5s 5s 5s 7s 7s 8s 8s 8s
Wind mph 20 27 28 28 27 24 23 14 17 17 16 15 15 16 17 15 13 12 9 9 11 21 20 21 19 20 19 22 26 26 23
Tide m 2.7↓ 3.1↓ 2.3↓ 3.0↑ 4.0↑ 3.4↓ 3.7↓ 2.3↓ 2.3↑ 3.8↑ 4.1↓ 4.1↓ 2.6↓ 1.7↑ 3.4↑ 4.5↓ 4.4↑ 3.1↓ 1.4↓ 2.8↑ 4.8↑ 4.5↑ 3.6↓ 1.3↓ 2.1↑ 4.7↑ 4.3↑ 4.2↓ 1.5↓ 1.5↑ 4.4↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Eoropie faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Stornoway 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

Eoropie 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
2.5 m at 11 s (swell) · 97 % reaches the beach
SW
1.9 m at 6 s (wind sea) · 20 % reaches the beach

How Eoropie works

Swell
Best from the north west.
Wind
South East is offshore.
Tide
all tides.
Getting there
A Beach right on the North west of Lewis, Drive north up the coast road.. you can't miss it!

Eoropie is a large exposed beach. Probably the most exposed spot on the Island of Lewis so head here if it's small. The beach has various shifting sandbar peaks which break left and right, there is also Reef/Boulder breaks at either end of the bay. It's a pretty safe place to surf, just the usual Rips and rocks to deal with.

Tide times

  • Sun 20:44Low2.0 m
  • Mon 03:16High3.7 m
  • Mon 09:06Low2.3 m
  • Mon 15:45High4.0 m
  • Mon 22:27Low1.7 m
  • Tue 04:34High3.9 m
  • Tue 10:38Low2.0 m
  • Tue 16:52High4.3 m

Stornoway station, 34 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

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Eoropie

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

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