Machir Bay (Islay) Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.78° N 6.46° W

Machir Bay (Islay) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with W 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 7AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)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 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Mon night, fresh winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WNW
7
0.7
WNW
7
0.6
W
7
0.5
W
7
0.5
W
7
0.4
WNW
7
0.2
W
13
0.3
WSW
12
0.6
W
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
0.8
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
11
1
WSW
11
1
W
10
1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
57
55
38
25
24
16
12
29
94
121
141
104
100
96
94
88
179
202
245
221
218
173
160
157
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
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-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
5:06AM2.38m
5:34PM2.72m
5:52AM2.55m
6:19PM2.94m
6:33AM2.68m
7:00PM3.07m
Low Tide
10:49PM0.51m
11:04AM0.34m
11:42PM0.32m
11:52AM0.11m
00:28AM0.18m
12:34PM-0.05m
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5:48
5:50
5:52
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9:12
9:08
9:07
 mm
1
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
14
16
16
17
16
16
16
17
19
20
20
19
18
17
17
18
18
18
18
17
Feels °C
12
11
9
8
7
10
10
12
10
11
11
12
15
17
17
18
18
17
17
17
17
18
17
17
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