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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 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
8.1° C
 (Which is 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 10AM is: 4.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)16ft (5.0m)14s
Afternoon (12 Mar)16ft (5.0m)14s
Evening (12 Mar)18ft (5.5m)16s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
6
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
WNW
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
WNW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)131414141415161616161515151514141414131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6500709385127565914510875140981446012242963485598319883284228183801981436575528345063214252721651933
Wind
(km/h)
55
SSW
65
SSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
50
WSW
45
SW
55
WSW
50
WSW
30
S
25
WSW
40
W
45
W
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
1.66
12:30AM
1.70
1:34PM
1.64
2:39AM
1.87
2:55PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
1.21
5:33PM
1.18
7:24AM
1.25
7:56PM
1.10
8:57AM
1.08
9:02PM
0.88
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise--6:50-------6:47-------6:45-----
Sunset-----6:22-------6:23-------6:25--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9106566541377767777777776
Feels °C (?)-3-3-1-4-6-5-8-8-6-4-3-3-3-4-2-2-3-2-2-2010-2
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