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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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.3 W	0.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	10	18	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1883	3911	2139	621	643	479	330	430	180	106	114	84	507	2331	1854	492	1204	1712	1683	1358	2277	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:58PM 0.68			1:09PM 0.86	2:14AM 0.81	5:12AM 0.79	5:39PM 2.99		5:11AM 0.50	4:36PM 0.43		3:55AM 6:21AM 11:13AM 0.93 0.90 0.38	4:19PM 0.41		5:35AM 0.58	4:25PM 0.41		4:39AM 0.94	3:12PM 2.32		6:22AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)	9:15AM 0.09		10:31PM 0.15	5:42AM 0.20		10:53PM 0.27	3:51AM 11:08AM 0.75 0.18		11:42PM -0.04	11:24AM 0.11		11:24PM 0.13	5:28AM 10:18AM 0.89 0.37	12:06PM 0.18	11:40PM 0.10		12:47PM 0.28	9:32PM 0.02	9:48AM 0.40		9:45PM 0.12	11:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	1	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11
Low °C	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	9	11	10	10	11	10	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	9	9
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	4:39	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.2 SSE	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	10	9	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 SSE	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.1 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	5	-	6	4	12	-	-	-	18	-	-	5	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 SE	0.3 E	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	2.4 W	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	5	-	4	4	-	-	4	2	4	-	-	3	4	4	3	-	14	3

	Tuesday 04					Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri
	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	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1832	1671	1693	1591	1224	2139	1780	1607	1599	692	561	545	1074	434	427	326	258	263	246	206	205	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)							1:22AM 0.74	4:37AM 2.78				5:30PM 0.62				5:32AM 0.44			1:45PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)		9:15AM 0.09		5:26PM 0.52		10:12PM 0.31				9:58AM 0.07				10:47PM 0.15							6:09PM 0.10	11:34PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	10	10	10	11	11	10
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	5	6	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	3	3	4	-

	Tuesday 04																	Wednesday 05
	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	White Park Bay Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	White Park Bay Antrim	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Laggan Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1479	1608	1883	2027	1999	4506	4238	3924	3911	1455	1370	1283	2974	1143	1068	1038	802	991	991	767	663	1780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)											4:58PM 0.68								12:09AM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:31PM 0.15					3:12AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	6	-