West Scotland · faces W

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Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

Sandbar peaks, often rights, breaking by the rocks at the north end of Machrihanish Bay. It’s punchier than Machrihanish and fickle, as only a westerly or north-westerly swell gets through the gap between Ireland and Islay. Usually best from mid to high tide, as it tends to close out at low. Offshore in an easterly. Small summer days suit learners, and winter swells are for confident intermediates on a shortboard. Strong rips and undertow.

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Day	Surf	Swell	Wind mph
MonMonday12 Oct	1ft	1.1ft8sW	18–28ggusts 31 cross-offcross-offshore
TueTuesday13 Oct	2ft	3.1ft7sW	14–21ggusts 23 cross-oncross-onshore
WedWednesday14 Oct	2–3ft	3.8ft10sW	24ggusts 34 crosscross-shore
ThuThursday15 Oct	4–5ft	7.0ft10sW	8–17 ononshore
FriFriday16 Oct	4–5ft	7.0ft9sWNW	16–25ggusts 28 ononshore
SatSaturday17 Oct	3–4ft	4.8ft8sWNW	8–14 cross-oncross-onshore
SunSunday18 Oct	2–3ft	3.3ft8sWNW	4–22 cross-oncross-onshore
MonMonday19 Oct	2ft	2.1ft8sWNW	4–11 cross-oncross-onshore
TueTuesday20 Oct	2–3ft	3.3ft10sWNW	8ggusts 16 cross-offcross-offshore
WedWednesday21 Oct	2–3ft	2.7ft11sW	11ggusts 18 crosscross-shore

Squares rate the day in four parts, early → evening. Stars, surf, swell and wind are for the day's best two hours in a row still to come, from the weaker of the two; each day is hour by hour below.

During the day, early → evening
Good — waves, clean surface
Fair — small or choppy
Poor — flat or blown out
Stars out of 5; faded ones are lost to the wind
Wind clean, choppy or blown out; g is gusts
Swell period 12s groundswell, 6s windswell

Monday 12 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 13.9°C

HW 03:16 +0.2m
LW 08:08 −0.4m
HW 11:21 −0.3m
LW 11:36 −0.3m
HW 15:48 +0.2m
LW 20:24 −0.3m
Sunrise 07:47
Sunset 18:31

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	1.2ft8sW	17–30ggusts 33 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.2m ↓ mid	13°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.1ft8sW	17–26ggusts 29 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↑ low	14°C
fair	12:00	1ft	1.0ft8sW	8–24 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.3m ↑ low	14°C
fair	15:00	1ft	1.0ft9sW	13ggusts 21 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.1m ↑ high	15°C
fair	18:00	1ft	1.0ft10sW	19ggusts 25 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.1m ↓ mid	15°C
fair	21:00	1ft	1.0ft9sW	18–28ggusts 30 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.3m ↑ low	15°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 5–6ft · sea 13.9°C

HW 03:44 +0.2m
LW 09:19 −0.4m
HW 16:04 +0.0m
LW 21:29 −0.7m
Sunrise 07:49
Sunset 18:28

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2–3ft	3.8ft7sW	6–17ggusts 22 ononshore	−0.0m ↓ mid	14°C
poor	09:00	2ft	2.6ft8sW2.2ft3sWSW	17ggusts 23 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.4m ↓ low	13°C
poor	12:00	2–3ft	5.6ft5sW	20–27ggusts 29 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↑ low	14°C
poor	15:00	4–6ft	10.0ft6sW	30ggusts 43 ononshore	−0.1m ↑ high	12°C
poor	18:00	5–6ft	10.3ft7sW	25ggusts 35 ononshore	−0.2m ↓ high	13°C
poor	21:00	4–5ft	7.0ft8sW	14–20ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.7m ↓ low	11°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 4–5ft · sea 13.8°C

HW 04:17 −0.1m
LW 09:54 −0.6m
HW 16:59 +0.2m
LW 22:26 −0.2m
Sunrise 07:51
Sunset 18:26

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	3ft	4.3ft9sW	18–24ggusts 29 crosscross-shore	−0.2m ↓ high	11°C
poor	09:00	2–3ft	3.7ft10sW	25ggusts 35 crosscross-shore	−0.6m ↓ low	12°C
poor	12:00	2–3ft	3.5ft10sW	22–29ggusts 36 crosscross-shore	−0.4m ↑ low	13°C
poor	15:00	3ft	4.1ft11sW	22–30ggusts 37 crosscross-shore	−0.0m ↑ high	14°C
poor	18:00	4–5ft	6.0ft12sW	27ggusts 39 crosscross-shore	+0.1m ↓ high	14°C
poor	21:00	3–5ft	6.0ft10sW	27ggusts 39 crosscross-shore	−0.2m ↓ low	14°C

Waves: DWD EWAM, Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Thursday 15 Oct

Up to 4–5ft · sea 13.8°C

HW 04:51 +0.2m
LW 10:48 −0.3m
HW 16:37 +0.1m
LW 23:32 −0.6m
Sunrise 07:53
Sunset 18:23

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	4–5ft	7.1ft10sW	8ggusts 18 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.1m ↓ high	10°C
fair	09:00	4–5ft	7.0ft10sW	5–19 ononshore	−0.2m ↓ low	11°C
poor	12:00	4–5ft	7.0ft10sWNW	6–18 ononshore	−0.3m ↑ low	11°C
poor	15:00	4–5ft	7.0ft10sWNW	11–17ggusts 21 ononshore	+0.0m ↑ high	12°C
poor	18:00	4–5ft	7.1ft9sWNW	8–19ggusts 21 ononshore	+0.0m ↓ high	11°C
poor	21:00	4–5ft	7.1ft9sWNW	9–20ggusts 22 ononshore	−0.4m ↓ low	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Friday 16 Oct

Up to 4–5ft · sea 13.7°C

HW 05:12 −0.1m
LW 11:49 −0.6m
HW 16:40 −0.3m
LW 23:56 −1.0m
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 18:21

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	4–5ft	6.8ft9sWNW	14–23ggusts 26 ononshore	−0.1m ↓ high	10°C
poor	09:00	4–5ft	7.3ft9sWNW	16–23ggusts 29 ononshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	10°C
poor	12:00	4–5ft	6.9ft9sWNW	21ggusts 31 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.6m ↑ low	11°C
poor	15:00	4–5ft	6.2ft9sWNW	21ggusts 30 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↑ high	11°C
poor	18:00	3–5ft	6.0ft9sWNW	17ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↓ high	11°C
poor	21:00	3–4ft	5.8ft8sWNW	15ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.7m ↓ low	10°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Saturday 17 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 13.7°C

HW 05:45 −0.3m
LW 12:34 −0.8m
HW 17:22 −0.3m
Sunrise 07:57
Sunset 18:18

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	3–4ft	4.9ft8sWNW	7–14 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↓ high	9°C
fair	09:00	3–4ft	4.7ft8sWNW	8–14 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.5m ↓ mid	10°C
fair	12:00	3ft	4.7ft8sWNW	6–13ggusts 16 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.7m ↓ low	11°C
fair	15:00	3ft	4.6ft9sWNW	9ggusts 16 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.5m ↑ mid	11°C
fair	18:00	2–3ft	4.2ft8sWNW	8–14 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↓ high	10°C
fair	21:00	3ft	4.0ft8sWNW	7–16 ononshore	−0.7m ↓ mid	10°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Sunday 18 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 13.7°C

LW 00:54 −0.9m
HW 06:15 −0.3m
LW 12:59 −0.7m
HW 17:47 −0.2m
Sunrise 07:59
Sunset 18:16

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2–3ft	3.6ft8sWNW	5–21 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↑ high	10°C
fair	09:00	2–3ft	3.3ft8sWNW	5–22 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.5m ↓ mid	10°C
fair	12:00	2ft	3.0ft8sWNW	7–25 ononshore	−0.7m ↓ low	11°C
fair	15:00	2ft	2.7ft8sWNW	9–23 ononshore	−0.5m ↑ mid	11°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	2.5ft7sWNW	8–22 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.2m ↓ high	11°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	2.4ft7sWNW	7–21 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.6m ↓ mid	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Monday 19 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 13.6°C

LW 01:56 −0.9m
HW 07:15 −0.3m
LW 13:30 −0.7m
HW 18:08 −0.1m
Sunrise 08:01
Sunset 18:13

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	2ft	2.1ft7sWNW1.0ft12sW	6ggusts 6 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.4m ↑ high	8°C
fair	09:00	2ft	2.1ft8sWNW1.0ft12sW	4–11 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.5m ↓ high	9°C
fair	12:00	2ft	2.0ft7sWNW1.2ft14sW	7ggusts 5 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.7m ↓ low	11°C
fair	15:00	2ft	2.0ft11sW1.6ft9sW	9ggusts 7 ononshore	−0.6m ↑ low	11°C
fair	18:00	2ft	2.6ft12sW	8ggusts 8 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.1m ↑ high	11°C
good	21:00	2–3ft	3.1ft11sW	8ggusts 11 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 20 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 13.6°C

LW 02:46 −0.9m
HW 07:43 −0.3m
LW 11:43 −0.6m
HW 12:52 −0.6m
LW 14:18 −0.6m
HW 18:58 −0.1m
Sunrise 08:03
Sunset 18:11

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	2–3ft	3.4ft10sWNW	8ggusts 16 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↑ high	8°C
good	09:00	2–3ft	3.3ft10sWNW	7ggusts 16 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↓ high	9°C
poor	12:00	2–3ft	3.2ft10sWNW	10–17 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.6m ↑ low	11°C
poor	15:00	2–3ft	3.0ft10sWNW	10–17 ononshore	−0.6m ↑ low	11°C
fair	18:00	2ft	2.8ft9sWNW	9–17 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.1m ↑ high	11°C
fair	21:00	2ft	2.5ft9sWNW	9–16ggusts 19 crosscross-shore	–	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 21 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 13.6°C

Sunrise 08:05
Sunset 18:09

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2–3ft	2.8ft12sW	12ggusts 22 crosscross-shore	No tide forecast this far ahead	10°C
fair	09:00	2–3ft	2.7ft11sW	11ggusts 18 crosscross-shore		10°C
fair	12:00	2ft	2.6ft10sW	9ggusts 14 crosscross-shore		11°C
fair	15:00	2ft	2.5ft9sW	7–13 cross-oncross-onshore		11°C
fair	18:00	2ft	2.4ft8sWSW	8ggusts 11 crosscross-shore		11°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	2.2ft8sWSW	7ggusts 8 crosscross-shore		11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM, ECMWF WAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS