Machir Bay (Islay) Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Inner Hebrides (18 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 13 Nov 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 13.2° C
(Which is 1.9°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 8AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (13 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun 16
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	N	NW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	11	7	7	7	11	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	16	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	143	200	33	102	66	47	43	62	51	37	26	18	7	7	5	6	5	10	23	17	16	14	19	41
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:24PM 2.17				12:52AM 1.82				1:40PM 2.24				2:03AM 1.95				2:33PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)							6:49PM 0.94				6:50AM 0.76				7:56PM 0.83				7:55AM 0.68				8:44PM 0.70

	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun 16
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:19	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	9	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7
Feels °C (?)	2	0	-3	-4	-1	-2	-2	-2	-1	-2	-3	-3	-3	-5	-4	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2	0	1	1	2

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