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North Hosta

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

Best of the week: Tuesday around 06:00, 5–7 ft and offshore.

Surf now7–9ft2.1 m at 9 s from the NW, wind sea 1.4 m from the W
Wind13mphW · onshore · gusts 22
Tide 3.2mFalling · low 10:54 (1.3 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Wed
7–10 ft Swell W 9s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–6 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★
Fri
12–16 ft Swell W 8s Wind 26 mph ★★★★★
Sat
14–18 ft Swell W 11s Wind 33 mph ★★★★★
Sun
4–6 ft Swell W 7s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Mon
2–3 ft Swell SW 6s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Tue
5–7 ft Swell W 8s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13
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 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 7–10 7–10 7–10 7–10 8–10 6–8 5–7 5–7 4–6 3–4 9–12 11–14 11–15 13–17 12–16 14–18 14–18 13–18 13–17 11–15 7–9 6–8 5–7 4–6 4–5 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 1–2 5–7 5–7 7–9 7–10 8–10
Swell 9s 9s 9s 10s 10s 9s 9s 9s 8s 4s 7s 8s 8s 9s 8s 11s 11s 11s 11s 10s 9s 8s 7s 7s 7s 5s 5s 6s 6s 4s 8s 8s 9s 10s 11s
Wind mph 13 13 14 9 13 5 5 13 16 20 22 22 25 25 26 33 36 35 29 24 10 3 4 10 15 23 17 20 20 18 17 25 25 19 21
Tide m 3.1↓ 1.8↓ 1.5↑ 3.0↑ 3.5↓ 3.4↓ 2.1↓ 1.1↑ 2.6↑ 3.8↓ 3.6↑ 2.5↓ 1.0↓ 2.2↑ 3.9↑ 3.7↑ 2.9↓ 1.0↓ 1.7↑ 3.8↑ 3.5↑ 3.3↓ 1.2↓ 1.3↑ 3.5↑ 3.2↑ 3.6↓ 1.6↓ 1.0↑ 3.1↑ 2.8↑ 3.7↓ 2.0↓ 0.9↑ 2.6↑
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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 Saturday 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 NWNWW
NW
2.1 m at 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
W
1.4 m at 5 s (wind sea) · 100 % 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

  • Wed 04:58High3.2 m
  • Wed 10:54Low1.3 m
  • Wed 17:08High3.6 m
  • Wed 23:33Low0.9 m
  • Thu 05:40High3.5 m
  • Thu 11:38Low1.1 m
  • Thu 17:48High3.8 m
  • Fri 00:13Low0.8 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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