Lossit Bay (Islay) surfForecast / Scot – Inner Hebrides / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Lossit Bay (Islay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lossit Bay (Islay) sea temperature is
15.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lossit Bay (Islay) today?

The current surf forecast for Lossit Bay (Islay) at 11PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

Table - waves today at Lossit Bay (Islay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
2
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
NW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.1
NNW
Period(s) (?)111010998810101010101010101013131098887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119069440723426834127337044041454150046950952343257292810981499804707607444
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SE
10
SE
10
NNE
30
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
50
N
40
N
40
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
2.16
4:26AM
1.96
4:54PM
2.34
5:04AM
2.13
5:30PM
2.48
5:38AM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
0.58
10:53AM
0.40
11:35PM
0.45
11:27AM
0.25
12:03AM
0.36
11:57AM
0.16
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:07-
Sunset-7:37-------7:34-------7:30------
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
14-11-------------11----
Temp. °C131316171615141414141414131313131414131011121112
Feels °C (?)11912111011111111121210101010101112611123
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Inner Hebrides

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Lossit Bay (Islay) (light winds from the SSE at Islay:portEllen 16 km from Lossit Bay (Islay)). 1.3m 10s swell from the W with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the NW and a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SSE
0.0
15.1
Air / Water (°C)
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