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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 01 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
11.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)--
Afternoon (02 Dec)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (02 Dec)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)131615151515151515151414141414141313131212161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1531328737283568403348696079611049694898405332683054309930502805253219421420948802110626432341
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
S
20
W
30
SW
45
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
40
S
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
2.46
2:40AM
2.27
3:05PM
2.61
3:31AM
2.49
3:54PM
2.73
4:19AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:23PM
0.53
8:33AM
0.43
9:12PM
0.35
9:27AM
0.27
9:58PM
0.20
10:18AM
0.14
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise------8:32-------8:33-------8:34-
Sunset3:57-------3:56-------3:56-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-111--------------122---
Temp. °C998988888788789999888877
Feels °C (?)6432-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2112220-13333
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