Kintyre Surf

Detailed Kintyre surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Kintyre. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Kintyre. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Kintyre over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Kintyre and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Kintyre Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Kintyre Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Kintyre coastline are also listed below.

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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	20	18	16	15	15	15	14	13	16	16	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	22
Energy(?)	320	170	73	609	1025	2105	1589	505	411	220	304	1292	848	687	378	432	435	163	170	84	29	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.73		10:05PM 0.72	10:21AM 0.74		11:30PM 0.73	11:23AM 0.77		12:42AM 0.76	6:15AM 0.66	12:54PM 0.28	12:03AM 2.19		12:05PM 2.50		5:54AM 0.97	3:04PM 0.68	6:23PM 0.69	6:26AM 10:56AM 0.95 0.35	2:45PM 0.98		7:43AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 0.31	2:50AM 0.37		3:33PM 0.27		3:45AM 0.44	4:46PM 0.23		11:44AM 0.27	3:05PM 0.26		5:49AM 0.40		11:03PM -0.03		12:01PM 4:41PM 0.30 0.60	12:04AM -0.19	10:24AM 0.35		10:07PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	2	11	1	-	-	-	-	6	3
High °C	6	6	5	4	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	6	5	5	7	8	8	8	9
Low °C	6	6	4	4	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	8	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	0	0	-1	-2	0	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	7
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08
Sunset	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	13	12	20	18	16	15	15	15	14	13	16	16	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	12	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.7 W	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	4	20	-	-	6	-	17	7	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	6	7	7	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	5	6	5	4	4	5	6	6	6

	Thursday 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Caravans Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	320	232	170	121	117	73	71	127	635	1109	1144	961	795	813	643	1742	1589	1371	1352	706	716	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:17AM 0.73				10:05PM 0.72								10:09PM 2.04		4:08AM 0.70			12:40PM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)			2:29PM 0.31				2:50AM 0.37				1:33PM 0.24	3:42PM 0.39						10:01AM 0.38	2:24PM 0.51	4:46PM 0.23		9:56PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	0	-1	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	4
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	12	11	-	17	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Thursday 29																	Friday 30
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Caravans Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	347	347	320	246	239	232	175	173	170	101	68	89	57	57	55	151	146	144	141	72	71	38
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:17AM 0.73							4:55PM 0.40							11:20PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)									2:29PM 0.31						8:43PM 0.30						2:46AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-2
Sunrise	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6