Machir Bay (Islay) Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Inner Hebrides (18 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 06 Nov 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 13.2° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun 09
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	861	746	543	455	413	336	336	325	246	229	165	127	96	83	58	195	422	719	1809	4424	2795	3704	3079	2082
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SSE	WSW	SSW	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	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	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						5:39PM 2.99				5:59AM 2.95					6:21PM 2.86				6:43AM 2.91				7:04PM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)				11:18AM -0.09				11:42PM -0.04					12:04PM -0.04				12:23AM 0.03				12:51PM 0.11

	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun 09
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	-	2	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	11	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	2	6	5	4	5

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