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 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			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	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Middle Beach Scot - Kintyre	Southend Reef Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	0	2	3	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.5 SSE	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	17	16	16	15	14	14	17	15	15	14	13	13	7	11
Energy(?)	1472	1387	479	257	415	123	108	108	239	588	1021	1453	325	508	789	792	512	1297	413	331	656	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 0.99		5:12AM 0.79	2:57PM 5:49PM 0.81 0.94		5:59AM 2.95	3:22PM 0.82	6:30PM 0.86	5:03AM 0.55	4:19PM 0.41		5:35AM 0.58	4:18PM 0.82	7:42PM 11:55PM 0.63 0.30	5:31AM 0.95	4:31PM 0.44		7:17AM 0.53	5:03PM 0.87		6:43AM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25AM 0.17		10:47PM 0.15	3:51AM 11:08AM 0.75 0.18	3:37PM 0.81	11:42PM -0.04		4:43PM 0.77	12:12AM 0.26		12:06PM 0.18	11:40PM 0.10			6:59PM 11:40PM 1:17AM 0.62 0.30 0.29	11:09AM 0.50	1:27PM 0.38	11:48PM 0.04			11:26PM 0.00	11:16AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	5	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	2	1	-	1	1	1	6	1
High °C	13	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	9	10
Low °C	13	13	13	14	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	11	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	9	10	8	8	7	6	9	6	5	7
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	4:37	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:32	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	17	16	16	15	14	14	17	15	15	14	13	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 NW	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 ESE	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	9	8	8	-	-	19	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	8	4	5	6	-	4	-	-	5	6	7	-

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1780	1604	712	1579	1387	1215	1074	972	757	326	258	207	169	400	336	325	87	80	71	99	87	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.74	4:32AM 0.69				4:58PM 3.02			2:14AM 0.81	5:32AM 0.44				5:49PM 0.94				5:11AM 0.50			2:20PM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12AM 0.65		10:25AM 0.17				10:53PM 0.27				10:41AM 0.07		3:37PM 0.81		11:34PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	4	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	4	-	7	7	7	4	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	-	5	4	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	3	3	3	3

	Wednesday 05
	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	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.4 WNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1968	1968	711	1780	1629	1604	1507	1576	1472	702	603	595	672	1408	1387	1252	553	545	553	563	473	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:22AM 0.74			4:32AM 0.69													5:30PM 0.62		7:28PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)				3:12AM 0.65						9:58AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.4 W	1.4 WNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	6	6	6