Machir Bay (Islay) Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.78° N 6.46° W

Machir Bay (Islay) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Machir Bay (Islay) sea temperature is
14.5° C
0.2° 

Machir Bay (Islay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Machir Bay (Islay) today (11 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Machir Bay (Islay) at 11PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)--
Afternoon (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (11 Aug)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SE by Wed night).

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WNW
7
0.2
W
13
0.3
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.8
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
12
29
43
121
144
104
100
98
96
88
66
161
191
177
170
167
160
157
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
W
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
High Tide
5:34PM2.72m
5:52AM2.55m
6:19PM2.94m
6:33AM2.68m
7:00PM3.07m
Low Tide
11:42PM0.32m
11:52AM0.11m
00:28AM0.18m
12:34PM-0.05m
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clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:12
9:08
9:07
 mm
2
Temp °C
16
17
18
17
17
16
17
20
21
21
20
19
18
18
18
19
19
18
17
Feels °C
10
12
13
12
12
11
12
16
18
18
18
17
18
19
18
19
19
19
17
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