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Machrihanish

Updated Wed, Sep 23, 12:40 AM GMT+1

When to go

8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Wind unknown · Low confidence

6.2–6.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: Wind speed unavailable

Forecast details

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

A current wind forecast is unavailable.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 4.9 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind Unavailable

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellWNW 5.4 ft @ 10sValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/LondonMarine grid 55.4583, -5.7917 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea5.4 ft @ 12.3sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/London

Model wind— UnavailableunavailableNo usable model wind hour for this day

TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated

MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Machrihanish · grid 55.4188,-5.7838 (2 km)3.9–5.2 ftRange across available hourly significant offshore wave forecasts for this local date; not breaking surf. Coastal shelter and nearshore transformations unresolvedIssued Sep 22, 10:08 PM GMT+1

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Machrihanish
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 5.1 ft @ 11s
1 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.4 ft @ 10s
2 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.6 ft @ 10s
3 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.7 ft @ 10s
4 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.9 ft @ 10s
5 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.9 ft @ 10s
6 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 6.0 ft @ 10s
7 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 6.0 ft @ 10s
8 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.9 ft @ 10s
9 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.9 ft @ 10s
10 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.8 ft @ 10s
11 AM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.8 ft @ 10s
Noon	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.6 ft @ 10s
1 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.6 ft @ 10s
2 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.5 ft @ 10s
3 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.4 ft @ 10s
4 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.3 ft @ 10s
5 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.4 ft @ 9s
6 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.5 ft @ 9s
7 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.6 ft @ 8s
8 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.4 ft @ 8s
9 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.3 ft @ 8s
10 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.2 ft @ 8s
11 PM	— Unavailableunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	WNW 5.1 ft @ 8s

12 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 5.1 ft @ 11s

1 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.4 ft @ 10s

2 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.6 ft @ 10s

3 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.7 ft @ 10s

4 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.9 ft @ 10s

5 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.9 ft @ 10s

6 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 6.0 ft @ 10s

7 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 6.0 ft @ 10s

8 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.9 ft @ 10s

9 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.9 ft @ 10s

10 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.8 ft @ 10s

11 AMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.8 ft @ 10s

NoonUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.6 ft @ 10s

1 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.6 ft @ 10s

2 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.5 ft @ 10s

3 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.4 ft @ 10s

4 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.3 ft @ 10s

5 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.4 ft @ 9s

6 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.5 ft @ 9s

7 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.6 ft @ 8s

8 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.4 ft @ 8s

9 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.3 ft @ 8s

10 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.2 ft @ 8s

11 PMUnavailable

Wind— UnavailableunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 5.1 ft @ 8s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach, point and rivermouth break. Published named beach/break-area map coordinate; shoreline bearing and nearshore wave response unresolved. Official offshore sources use individual coastal points.

Mapped spot coordinate: 55.4194, -5.7561.

Great Britain · North Atlantic, western Kintyre peninsula · Coastline orientation unresolved · Location provenance

Model request point: Machrihanish (55.4194, -5.7561). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 2/9 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · UK · spot-level model point

National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
Warnings and official marine narrative where no structured surf feed exists; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Cefas WaveNet
No reusable WaveNet buoy has a verified exposure assignment to this spot; stations on other shores are not substituted.UnavailableNo source time
UK National Coastal Monitoring Real-Time Data
Wave buoys, tide gauges, and meteorology; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
UK Hydrographic Office Tidal API
Tide predictions; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
WorldTides API
Tide predictions and station lookup; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 23, 12:30 AM GMT+1
Open-Meteo Weather API
0 of 1 configured model points availableUnavailableNo source time
Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
Independent wave-model backend and cross-check; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time
MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Machrihanish · grid 55.4188,-5.7838 (2 km)
MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Machrihanish · grid 55.4188,-5.7838 (2 km); Range across available hourly significant offshore wave forecasts for this local date; not breaking surf. Coastal shelter and nearshore transformations unresolvedCurrentSep 22, 10:08 PM GMT+1

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.