Beach
both
Level 6/10
Machrihanish
Kintyre, UK (Scotland)
🌀Strong rips🚶Difficult access
Machrihanish's Westport sandbar sits at the north end of one of Scotland's most beautiful beaches.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
5.6m
WNW(286°)
Score: 0/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
30km/h
SSW(204°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
8°C
0.1mm98%
Windswell Component
0.8mSSW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mS
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
3:45 am
Low tide - -0.35m
7:12 am
High tide - -0.13m
9:30 am
Low tide - -0.17m
4:00 pm
Low tide - -0.53m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
13
PoorComponents
Swell Direction22/25
Swell Size0/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score42/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-14
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score13/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score13
🤢 Morning Sickness
Location & Conditions
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- WNW (290°)
- Direction range
- 260° - 320°
- Size range
- 1m - 2.5m
- Ideal size
- 2.0m
- Height multiplier
- 0.92×
- Ideal period
- 13s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Offshore range
- 60° - 130°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid
Water temp
10°C
Wetsuit
5/4mm + boots
Difficulty
6/10
Crowd level
2/10
Best Season
Peak: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb
Secondary: Mar-May
Getting There
Airport
CALDrive time
10 minData quality
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