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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 04 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
11.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (04 Dec)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (04 Dec)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
2
1
4
6
7
7
5
5
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.7
W
2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212141515161716161615151414131319181717161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)711819105524554017531165616964560950174069314820271321988670551854425542314084378638113427
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
10
NE
20
N
20
WNW
5
NNW
10
E
15
ESE
10
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
50
SE
65
SE
65
SE
55
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
25
SE
25
S
25
S
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crossoncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
2.79
5:05AM
2.83
5:27PM
2.79
5:51AM
2.91
6:12PM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.14
10:43PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.08
11:28PM
0.06
11:59AM
0.09
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise--8:34-------8:36-------8:37-----
Sunset----3:56-------3:55-------3:53---
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
46961-------3751-141111-
Temp. °C87667777778987999991010101110
Feels °C (?)14114333210-2-5-7-2211355454
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