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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 06 Dec 2025 GMT
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Machir Bay (Islay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Machir Bay (Islay) sea temperature is
11.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Machir Bay (Islay) at 1AM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (07 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)6ft (1.9m)13s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.8
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.5
W
1.9
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
3
SW
5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161514141313131313131212211918171716161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302525082155163312648881003131812304756479396389166822745141442434562875264223592069341710017
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSE
40
SE
45
SE
30
W
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
S
45
SW
40
SSW
40
S
40
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
30
SE
45
ESE
55
ESE
50
SSE
50
S
60
WSW
55
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
2.72
6:38AM
2.91
6:57PM
2.60
7:27AM
2.84
7:42PM
2.44
8:17AM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.06
12:49PM
0.19
1:00AM
0.12
1:41PM
0.34
1:49AM
0.22
2:35PM
0.53
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise----8:38-------8:40-------8:41---
Sunset------3:53-------3:52-------3:52-
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----4122---3------31061--
Temp. °C1111111010101010109910101010101010111114141010
Feels °C (?)7675214342102123343055-3-1
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