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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	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	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 NNW	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	8	11	10	6	8	9	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	13	12	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1085	667	149	86	135	488	424	152	65	114	51	28	18	33	42	42	55	326	153	107	69	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:57AM 0.70		11:07PM 0.76		6:25PM 0.69	1:24AM 0.55	5:05AM 0.58	2:03PM 0.75	1:21AM 0.82	5:58AM 0.34	2:47PM 0.79		5:07AM 0.40	7:00PM 0.64		5:27AM 0.46	4:15PM 0.80					4:19AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		3:34PM 0.53		4:43AM 0.22		10:56PM 3:11AM 0.37 0.48	10:35AM 0.01	5:53PM 0.56		11:12AM 0.00		12:18AM 0.24	11:42AM -0.01		12:33AM 0.22	12:09PM 0.00		10:05PM 0.38	9:55AM 0.17	1:28PM 0.13	11:11PM 0.21	10:32AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	1	30	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	14	15	14	13	14	10	11	13	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Low °C	13	13	15	14	14	12	13	13	8	10	12	11	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	16	13	14	12	13	13	5	7	10	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	11
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	11	9	8	11	3	10	8	9	9	8	7	12	11	10	15	13	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.6 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	12	9	8	3	16	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	4	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.8 NNW	0.4 NE	0.9 N	1.3 NNW	1.0 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	3	10	6	3	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Caravans Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 S	0.6 NNW	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	9	7	9	8	10	11	10	12	11	10	10	10	7	8	9
Energy(?)	4853	4738	3783	1174	462	779	533	149	211	124	224	106	135	156	201	223	579	351	255	664	721	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:13PM 0.66		4:27PM 0.74		11:07PM 0.76		6:04AM 0.30				6:25PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44AM 0.20																	6:05AM 0.22		11:26AM 0.23		5:53PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	14	13	14	13	12	14	17	17	14	14	14	15	14	12	11	13	12	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	12	13	10	13	16	16	13	12	13	14	13	11	10	12	10	11	12	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 NNW	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	11	10	12	11	4	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	8	7	9	8	10	9	9	-	-	11	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	12	5	-	-	3	4	7	2	3	3	3	-	2	3	10	4	4	7	8	4

	Thursday 18
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Caravans Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	5027	4881	4853	4757	1699	6097	5260	4013	3783	844	1174	724	627	540	348	367	468	392	331	573	533	187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					5:58AM 0.29		7:49AM 0.29				11:57AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)			3:44AM 0.20				7:30AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	12	10	12	12	14	13	13	12	13	10	12	12	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.6 SW	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	-	13	12	12	12	3	5	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	4