SurfLewis & Harris

Say hi to Lewis!

It’s taken a while to get a post up, but say a big hello to our instructor for the 2026 season Lewis!

Lewis is very familiar with the Hebrides having come here every year since he was born with his parents enjoying the outdoors. Lewis comes from a family of outdoor educators with both his parents working in the industry in Wales.

Lewis previously worked at the Arthog Outdoor centre in North Wales where he was involved with delivering a wide range of activities from gorge scrambling to kayaking. A keen surfer and recently qualified with a surf instructor and surf rescue ticket Lewis is up and running and delivering the majority of our beginner lessons across the island.

It’s great to have you up here working Lewis, you even delivered a session with your dad ( who is also a surf instructor)

Father and son team! Lewis our 2026 season instructor was recently joined by his dad Jay who is also a surf instructor. Lewis’s parents are up on their annual holiday to the Hebrides and Jay got roped in to help out with one of the busy lessons. Great effort guys and thanks Jay!

Europa who visits Lewis once a year to progress her surfing pictured here in her homeland Austria with one of our hoodies!

Many congrats to previous SurfLewis instructors Iona and Hannah who recently became the Open women’s Scottish National Longboard champion and Woman’s Lowland open Longboard champion respectively. Awesome work. 🤙👏👏🏆🏆

ONE DAY LEFT

Over the last few years plans have been developed by Northland Wind Power to erect a wind farm in the sea off the west coast of Lewis.

What's so bad about that? It's in the wrong place.

A wind farm of this magnitude is not designed to be this close to the shore.

The proposal in for planning with Marine Scotland just now is to erect 60 turbines each 1100 feet high, with the closest turbine just over 3 and a half miles from the shore.

The Hebrides has never seen anything like this before. If this goes ahead Lewis and the Hebrides will look very different in the future.

Tourism accounts for 15% of the economy of the Hebrides.
80% of tourists who arrive in the Hebrides, do so for "Scenery and Landscape"
3 of the 4 top visitor destinations: Callanish Stones, Blackhouse Village and Iron Age Broch would be directly across from this development.

For many years I have surfed, worked and camped out on the west coast of Lewis. Experiencing the joy of nature, the open Atlantic views and the uninterrupted sunsets and dark skies. This will change all this.

Lets not forget all the people who would live directly opposite this wind farm. Local residents, some who have lived and worked the land for generations and many others who have moved to the area specifically for the unindustrialised nature of the west coast of Lewis.

Will it affect the world class waves on the west coast, i don’t know, will it change the sediment movement and sand build up on the beaches, i don’t know that either. What i do know is that for the next 30 years or so it would seriously change the environment on the west coast of Lewis.

There are plans for proper “offshore’ turbines in the pipeline off our west coast a bit further north than this. They are at least 25 miles offshore and floating. That seems like a way better idea, not right beside us. I’ll be objecting, along with the majority of people I've spoken to about this plan and you can too. Please any help is much appreciated.

For more info please visit https://www.emg-lewis.co.uk/

You can object via this link (its fast) https://spiorad.object.now/

There is ONE DAY left to submit objections. 7th May 2026 is the Deadline.

Picture is supplied from the Developer (Northland Powers) own image.

This vacancy is still open, a great opportunity to surf and live in Hebrides. Please get in touch if interested

We’re looking for a qualified Surf / SUP Instructor to join the team at Surf Lewis & Harris this summer. If you love the ocean, enjoy working with people, and want to spend your days teaching in some of the UK’s most beautiful beaches, this could be the perfect opportunity.

Think wild Atlantic waves, white sand beaches, incredible wildlife and a laid-back island lifestyle - all while sharing your passion for surfing and the sea.

Interested? Get in touch to find out more.

www.surflewis.co.uk

We’re looking for a qualified Surf / SUP Instructor to join the team at Surf Lewis & Harris this summer. If you love the ocean, enjoy working with people, and want to spend your days teaching in some of the UK’s most beautiful beaches, this could be the perfect opportunity.

Think wild Atlantic waves, white sand beaches, incredible wildlife and a laid-back island lifestyle - all while sharing your passion for surfing and the sea.

Interested? Get in touch to find out more.

www.surflewis.co.uk