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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 09 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
11.2° 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 3AM is: 5.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 4.0m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (10 Dec)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (10 Dec)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
2
3
3
6
6
6
6
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)131313131211121212141313131314141715161617181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8570950677706067476450425264529135375907383830422668301734242606534043014586573592871010096148474
Wind
(km/h)
75
WSW
65
SW
55
SW
55
SW
55
WSW
60
WSW
55
SW
50
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
S
45
S
55
S
50
S
30
W
15
W
10
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
2.26
9:11AM
2.53
9:19PM
2.09
10:10AM
2.35
10:19PM
1.95
11:17AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.36
3:33PM
0.71
3:37AM
0.52
4:36PM
0.85
4:40AM
0.66
5:44PM
0.92
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise----8:42-------8:44-------8:45---
Sunset------3:52-------3:52-------3:52-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11-111--------1331------
Temp. °C11101010101110111111101010119889998888
Feels °C (?)-4-3-2-2-2-2-202120-102454321111
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