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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	4	14	12	10	12	7	10	11	13	10	9	4	7	7	4	4	6	7	13	12
Energy(?)	196	65	52	5512	1602	340	179	88	77	893	219	99	108	47	53	27	17	34	200	241	81	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:28AM 11:33AM 0.30 0.34		9:31PM 0.75	11:57AM 0.70		11:07PM 0.76		1:07PM 0.72	12:22AM 0.78		2:03PM 0.75	1:21AM 0.82	5:58AM 0.34	2:47PM 0.79	3:04AM 0.63		7:00PM 0.64	2:58AM 0.88	5:27AM 0.46	6:52PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 0.12	7:34AM 12:07PM 0.30 0.34	2:39PM 0.48	3:44AM 0.20		3:34PM 0.53		5:00AM 0.21	4:38PM 0.56		6:25AM 0.20	5:53PM 0.56		11:12AM 0.00		11:58PM 0.28	8:37AM 0.16		8:29PM 0.46	12:09PM 0.00		12:45AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	12	2	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	14	15	14	16	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	10
Low °C	12	15	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	11	12	13	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	11	14	13	15	14	15	13	14	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 S	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	14	12	10	8	7	10	11	13	10	9	8	5	-	6	11	16	14	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	12	9	9	12	10	11	-	5	-	-	-	-	10	14	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	3.0 W	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	14	5	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	5	4	7	7	4	4	6	7	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	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	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.1 W	0.7 NNW	0.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	6	4	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	12	9	9	7	8
Energy(?)	176	157	153	118	65	154	52	708	4574	5512	4904	4356	1602	508	585	739	237	211	111	136	88	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						10:29AM 0.72			9:31PM 0.75							4:27PM 0.74				6:04AM 0.30
Low Tide / height (m)			2:37AM 0.18				2:39PM 0.48				3:44AM 0.20				3:34PM 0.53						10:00AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	9	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	16	14	13	15	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	8	13	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	11	15	13	12	14	15	15	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.1 W	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	8	9	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 NNW	0.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	13	13	12	12	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.9 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	6	6	4	4	14	14	13	13	5	3	5	-	3	2	4	2	3	3

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kintyre	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	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	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.1 S	0.4 NW	1.1 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	6	9	6	9	9	9
Energy(?)	238	234	311	257	247	196	196	156	153	153	121	118	90	36	65	84	174	23	154	44	43	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								2:37AM 0.18										12:07PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	14	13	15	15	14	14	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 ESE	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	9	9	6	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	4	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.2 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	5	2	6	6	6	3	6	3	3	3