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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	4	3	4	4	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	10	8	12	19	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	19	16	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	296	136	248	1688	2878	2236	1307	1102	932	411	295	216	110	71	45	503	1611	2167	1383	680	961	546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:56AM 0.71	5:22PM 0.35		10:48AM 0.71		11:48PM 0.65	5:41AM 0.47			5:47AM 0.51	12:20PM 0.76	1:31AM 0.67	6:05AM 0.56	4:55PM 0.42		6:32AM 0.60	5:11PM 0.44		7:02AM 0.63	5:17PM 0.45		7:32AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)		2:31PM 0.31	9:08PM 0.28	3:29AM 0.40	4:22PM 0.35		10:44AM 0.31	5:33PM 0.34	10:08PM 0.17	11:08AM 0.30		6:58PM 0.30	11:22AM 0.31		10:48PM 0.27	11:37AM 0.31		11:15PM -0.01	11:57AM 0.31		11:41PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	8	5	5	5	6	7	8	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	5	4
Low °C	7	6	6	5	4	3	4	5	7	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	4	4
Chill °C (?)	2	2	4	1	2	2	4	4	5	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	0	0
Sunrise	8:41	-	-	8:41	-	-	8:41	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37
Sunset	-	4:21	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:32	-	-	4:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.1 SSE	1.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	10	8	7	19	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	19	16	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.1 N	-	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	9	12	12	8	-	10	-	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	4	5	5	3	-	-	4	5	6	5	5	3	2	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	4	4

	Wednesday 14							Thursday 15								Friday 16
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim
Rating	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.3 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	12	23	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	467	551	462	232	136	146	151	248	217	680	1444	2266	2878	2829	5451	2236	1953	1650	1344	1119	1119	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 0.39		9:56AM 0.71				10:41PM 0.65		5:44AM 0.43		10:48AM 0.71	12:24PM 0.34	5:05PM 0.35	8:45PM 0.52			5:41AM 0.47				4:35PM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)			8:49AM 0.35			3:21PM 0.36							2:34PM 0.33		6:13PM 0.48	9:41PM 0.23				10:44AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	3	3	7	7	6	6	8	5	4	6	7	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	6	7	5
Chill °C (?)	3	-1	-2	2	2	0	2	4	1	0	2	3	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	4	5	2
Sunrise	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 NW	1.1 SSE	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	8	9	10	7	9	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	5	-	14	14	9	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	3	3	5	5	6	4	5	3	3	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5

	Wednesday 14
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim
Rating	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 W	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	552	664	651	471	402	404	541	296	462	382	271	232	291	291	532	238	195	190	171	163	151	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																		5:22PM 0.35
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50AM 0.29							8:49AM 0.35													9:08PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	3	4	7	7	7	3	7	3	4	7	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	7
Chill °C (?)	2	-2	0	3	3	3	-2	3	-2	-1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 W	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	5	10	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	7	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	2	2	10	10	10	3	4	3	3	5	5	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4