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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 30 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
11.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 30). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)--
Afternoon (30 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (30 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.3
WSW
2
WSW
2
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)101010101010111113161515151515161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2521961563357468498319411558352834763568402148486669687859124552385331903282410048044708
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
50
SSE
50
S
40
S
30
SSW
25
W
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
0
W
30
WNW
40
WSW
45
SW
50
SSW
50
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
55
S
45
S
45
S
45
S
50
S
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
2.29
1:42AM
2.06
2:12PM
2.46
2:40AM
2.27
3:05PM
2.61
3:31AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
0.71
7:35AM
0.60
8:23PM
0.53
8:33AM
0.43
9:12PM
0.35
9:27AM
0.27
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise------8:30-------8:32-------8:33-
Sunset3:59-------3:57-------3:56-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-14661-1-1511---------11
Temp. °C76891010109988998888888891010
Feels °C (?)-1-5-2144546710-1-3-3-1-1-4-2-2-2-211
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