Machrihanish Surf Forecast

/ Scot – Kintyre (9 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (55.42° N 5.76° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Machrihanish surfForecast / Scot – Kintyre / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST

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Machrihanish surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Machrihanish sea temperature is 15.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Machrihanish today?

The current surf forecast for Machrihanish at 4PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

Table - waves today at Machrihanish. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	!	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	12	11	10	10	10	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2084	1164	661	392	228	134	78	55	127	130	192	196	192	319	329	254	245	94	95	58	51	95	115	87
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	S	SE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WNW	NE	NE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:57AM 0.70				11:07PM 0.76					1:07PM 0.72			12:22AM 0.78					2:03PM 0.75				1:21AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)			3:34PM 0.53					5:00AM 0.21				4:38PM 0.56				6:25AM 0.20				5:53PM 0.56

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	10	10	3	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	12
Feels °C (?)	8	10	10	9	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	11	10	9	6	3	-2	0	1	2

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Kintyre

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 5 km from Machrihanish has fallen light (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 190 to 250 degs) at Campbeltown Airport). Waves cleaning up. 0.4m 7s swell from the SSW with a 0.4m 4s local chop, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 18 minutes ago Machrihanish

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1 h 18 min ago

9 km/h

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