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
5.0m
WNW(285°)
Score: 0/25
Period
16s
Long period groundswell
Score: 24/25
Wind
38km/h
WNW(294°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
8°C
0.0mm52%
Windswell Component
2.5mWNW@6s
Secondary Swell
0.4mWSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 40 km/h WNW|PM: 34 km/h WNW
34 km/h vs 40 km/h morning
Tide at 4pm (-1.1m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
4:25 am
Low tide - -0.68m
7:07 am
High tide - -0.51m
8:38 am
Low tide - -0.55m
11:18 am
High tide - -0.41m
Times shown in spot-local time.+2 more tide events
Strike Score Breakdown
6
PoorComponents
Swell Direction21/25
Swell Size0/25
Swell Period24/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score45/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score6/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score6
🤢 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°
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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