Machir Bay (Islay) Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Inner Hebrides (18 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 BST

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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 15.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (05 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s

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

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	Friday 05			Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	349	349	359	375	464	530	461	394	333	290	326	291	247	195	188	140	124	237	1136	1430	1492	1505	1318	1414
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	W	W	WSW	W	SW	SSW	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	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	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 2.47				5:22AM 2.40				5:45PM 2.73				5:56AM 2.59				6:19PM 2.95				6:30AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)				11:18PM 0.54				11:22AM 0.30				11:51PM 0.33				11:55AM 0.09				12:24AM 0.15				12:28PM -0.07

	Friday 05			Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14
Feels °C (?)	12	14	11	11	10	8	8	6	8	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	10	10	10	8	8	7	6	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Inner Hebrides

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Machir Bay (Islay) have swung cross-off (light winds from the SE at Islay:portEllen 17 km from Machir Bay (Islay)). A 1.4m swell from the W
36 minutes ago Machir Bay (Islay)

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17 km away, 36 min ago

13 km/h

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15.2

Air / Water (°C)

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