Machrihanish beach — Machrihanish. Photo: Tim Glover, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Machrihanish

Machrihanish is a town in Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom. From Machrihanish you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Machrihanish, a surf spot 1.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 6 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is CAL, 3 km away.

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Staying in Machrihanish

6 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: CAL, 3 km, ILY, 44 km, PIK, 73 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Machrihanish.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Machrihanish1.1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

5 ft567 kJ

5 ft420 kJ

5 ft440 kJ

5 ft315 kJ

1 ft32 kJ

9 ft1215 kJ

4 ft461 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Machrihanish, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	52, good	5 ft11 shollow	567kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots, offshore	12°C
Tue 20Oct	56, good	5 ft10 shollow	420kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	9, poor	5 ft10 smushy	440kJ	wind from the north-west, 15 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	42, fair	5 ft8 scrumbling	315kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	10°C
Fri 23Oct	2, too small	1 ft10 smushy	32kJ	wind from the north-west, 28 knots	9°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 smushy	1,215kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	10°C
Sun 25Oct	11, poor	4 ft13 smushy	461kJ	wind from the west, 34 knots	11°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Machrihanish, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Machrihanish

The Kintyre Restaurant & BarAmerican · in the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Machrihanish, UK