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 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			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	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	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	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	4	5	6	6	14	14	13	10	13	11	12	7	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	13
Energy(?)	131	103	67	79	265	93	65	60	190	147	186	298	904	486	516	1198	815	413	315	115	89	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:05PM 0.80	1:29AM 0.78		1:33PM 0.81	2:08AM 0.81		2:00PM 0.83	2:44AM 0.82		2:27PM 0.85		3:19AM 0.81	3:46PM 1.01		4:36AM 6:54AM 0.84 0.82	4:40PM 0.48		7:53AM 0.50	4:49PM 0.49		9:02AM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)			6:45PM 0.32	6:54AM 0.35		7:30PM 0.26	7:43AM 0.36		8:14PM 0.21	8:27AM 0.38		9:00PM 0.18	9:05AM 0.39		11:35PM 0.04	6:14AM 10:42AM 0.82 0.57	12:02PM 0.30	12:09AM 0.03		12:31PM 0.33	11:17PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	3	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	6	7	6	6	4	4	5	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	5
Low °C	5	6	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	8	6	5
Chill °C (?)	-1	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	1	5	6	5	5	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	2
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	4:12	-	-	4:10	-	-	4:12	-	-	4:09	-	-	4:06	-	-	4:05	-	-	4:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	14	13	10	13	11	7	6	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	12	10	14	6	5	13	6	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 N	0.3 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	5	5	4	5	6	-	-	2	4	2	-	3	12	7	11	10	10	5	2	-	2	3

	Wednesday 19					Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	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	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	10	6	10	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	131	134	103	112	109	67	85	101	79	83	103	72	50	97	70	124	59	65	60	82	157	190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:05PM 0.80				1:29AM 0.78				1:33PM 0.81					3:04AM 5:35AM 0.78 0.82				4:25PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)					6:45PM 0.32				6:54AM 0.35				7:30PM 0.26			3:32AM 0.77		11:01AM 0.21			8:14PM 0.21	10:47PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
Temp. °C	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	6	4
Chill °C (?)	-1	-1	1	1	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	1	0	0	-1	1	0
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	8	11	11	7	11	11	11	10	10	6	6	10	6	6	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	19	6	10	10	14	14	14	6	5	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	5	-	-	2	3	4	3

	Wednesday 19																	Thursday 20
	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	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.2 NW	2.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	7
Energy(?)	182	119	131	131	135	134	120	126	103	103	127	112	125	492	405	479	395	359	442	431	85	430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)								1:05PM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)													6:45PM 0.32				10:20PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.2 NW	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	7