Machrihanish surfForecast / Scot – Kintyre / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 31 Jul 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
13.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Machrihanish today?

The current surf forecast for Machrihanish at 9AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (31 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (31 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

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Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sun
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)999999599999988888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1028911220418823210495821012081961411847616213948464531425889
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
0.88
7:27PM
0.76
6:45AM
0.83
7:54PM
0.75
7:27AM
0.77
8:20PM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.12
12:55AM
0.37
1:28PM
0.19
1:42AM
0.35
2:07PM
0.26
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sun
03
Sunrise-5:26-------5:28-------5:30------
Sunset-----9:30-------9:28-------9:25--
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Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C141414141414141414141415151514131212121314161717
Feels °C (?)1112119878999910101010111011111011141616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - Kintyre

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Machrihanish (light winds from the WNW at Campbeltown Airport 5 km from Machrihanish). 0.2m 10s swell from the WNW to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 57 min ago

17 km/h
WNW
Onshore
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