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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	Tue		Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	4	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	17	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3911	876	643	1252	480	330	247	380	102	132	249	556	1163	2078	478	427	2485	1903	819	1315	261	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:58PM 0.68	12:09AM 0.76		5:07PM 0.99	2:14AM 0.81	5:32AM 0.44	5:52PM 0.52			3:22PM 0.82		3:55AM 6:21AM 11:13AM 0.93 0.90 0.38	3:51PM 0.82		3:45AM 0.98	3:32PM 0.91		3:08AM 2.23	4:43PM 0.82		6:22AM 0.90	4:57PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)			5:42AM 0.20		10:53PM 0.27	10:41AM 0.07		11:05PM 0.15	7:38AM 0.28	4:43PM 0.77	7:52PM 0.21	5:28AM 10:18AM 0.89 0.37	12:26PM 5:48PM 0.36 0.71	11:40PM 0.10	9:05AM 0.35		9:32PM 0.02	9:04AM 0.49		10:28PM -0.01	11:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	12	1	5	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	12
Low °C	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	10	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	13	13	9	10	11	10	10	11	12	13	11	10	12	8	9	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	4:39	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	17	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	5	6	-	4	4	-	20	9	12	4	-	-	7	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	4	3	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	3	3	5	6

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1693	1590	1179	2139	1783	624	712	692	683	1215	555	972	861	357	330	263	247	164	394	220	292	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:22AM 0.74	5:16AM 0.40			1:32PM 0.82	5:07PM 0.99	7:28PM 0.44		2:14AM 0.81	5:32AM 0.44			1:45PM 0.88					3:05AM 5:49AM 0.88 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.52		10:12PM 0.31				9:58AM 0.07			6:18PM 8:57PM 0.43 0.43	10:53PM 0.27			6:38AM 0.21							4:35AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	3	1	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	9	10	10	10	10	12	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 04											Wednesday 05
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1716	1797	1772	3562	3282	1159	1265	1265	1179	2419	1127	2139	1971	863	865	865	865	590	1530	749	1472	1451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					4:25PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)									8:56PM 0.47									5:01AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	4	4	3	4	4	4