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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	Thu	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	1	0	1	4	4	4	0	3	4	4	4	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 W	2.5 W	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	17	16	16	15	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	8	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	109	104	50	237	634	3317	1051	386	768	1373	1259	1016	837	598	818	133	175	281	114	41	40	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 0.50	4:36PM 0.43		5:03AM 0.55	4:19PM 0.41		3:45AM 0.98	4:25PM 0.41		5:31AM 0.95	4:31PM 0.44		5:51AM 0.85	5:03PM 0.87		8:45AM 0.47	3:57PM 0.83				6:11PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)	11:05PM 0.15	11:24AM 0.11		11:24PM 0.13		12:06PM 0.18	8:39PM 0.08	9:05AM 0.35	12:47PM 0.28	11:50PM 0.07	11:09AM 0.50	1:27PM 0.38	11:58PM 0.29	10:31AM 0.46		11:52PM 0.02	9:48AM 0.47		12:14AM 0.04		12:08PM 0.53	1:22AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	3	10	5	3	1	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10
Low °C	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	10	10	10	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	11	12	10	9	10	12	9	10	9	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	10	10	6
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 W	2.5 W	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 SE	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	12	10	10	17	16	16	15	14	7	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	20	9	5	-	-	20	17	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.0 SE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	-	-	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	4	5	6	8	8	7	4	3	-

	Thu	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	125	109	102	93	64	58	85	60	69	93	474	338	1468	880	1496	1122	1016	2082	544	405	525	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:11AM 0.50			2:20PM 0.89					5:03AM 0.55	6:21AM 0.90			4:19PM 0.41				5:35AM 0.58
Low Tide / height (m)		11:05PM 0.15				11:24AM 0.11				11:24PM 0.13	12:12AM 0.26											9:05AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
Temp. °C	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	9	10	10	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	12	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	20	20	18	9	9	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	-	3	4	5	-	-	3	3	4	6	7

	Thursday 06					Friday 07
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	161	125	125	125	123	109	172	166	102	98	235	93	222	108	104	47	63	138	39	56	85	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:00AM 0.93				5:11AM 0.50									2:20PM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)						11:05PM 0.15					4:35AM 0.83			7:38AM 0.28				11:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	-	-	6	7	10	-	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5