Check the Beach

Traigh Machair

Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

Traigh Machair 3 photos

  • Traigh Mhachir

    Traigh Mhachir. Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Traigh Mhachir. Looking south along Islay's Machir Bay

    Traigh Mhachir. Looking south along Islay's Machir Bay. Gordon Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Coastal Erosion Storm damaged dunes at Traigh Mhachir.

    Coastal Erosion Storm damaged dunes at Traigh Mhachir.. Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:06 pm
9 am
1.8
4 km/h2 mph wind, Poor
10 am
1.4
10 km/h6 mph wind, Poor
11 am
1.0
22 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
0.7
33 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
1.2
23 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
0.7
33 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
0.7
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
0.8
34 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
1.4
34 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
2.6
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
7°C44°F
Water
13°C56°F
Wind
43 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
85 km/hmph
Waves
2.0 m6 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
100%
Sunset
6:06 pm
Today
1.8Poor9 am42
1.4Poor10 am106
1.0Poor11 am2213
0.7Poor12 pm3320
1.2Poor1 pm2314
0.7Poor2 pm3321
0.7Poor3 pm3019
0.8Poor4 pm3421
1.4Poor5 pm3421
2.6Poor6 pm3220
Sat
0.6Poor9 am3723
0.5Poor10 am4327
0.3Poor11 am5232
0.3Poor12 pm5434
0.4Poor1 pm5132
0.5Poor2 pm4326
0.5Poor3 pm4729
0.5Poor4 pm5534
0.7Poor5 pm5534
0.6Poor6 pm5836
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 10 am, -1.2 m. High at 4 pm, 0.1 m. Low at 10 pm, -1.1 m. High at 3 am, -0.3 mLow 10 am, -1.2 m4 ftHigh 4 pm, 0.1 m<1 ftLow 10 pm, -1.1 m4 ftHigh 3 am, -0.3 m1 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • Low 10 am, -1.2 m4 ft
  • High 4 pm, 0.1 m<1 ft
  • Low 10 pm, -1.1 m4 ft
  • High 3 am, -0.3 m1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun0.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 84 km/h52 mph, rain 90%
  • Mon1.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 62 km/h39 mph, rain 90%
  • Tue0.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 75 km/h47 mph, rain 83%
  • Wed2.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 42 km/h26 mph, rain 49%
  • Thu3.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 41 km/h26 mph, rain 28%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
6.2 km3.9 miBruichladdich (village)
Nearest airport
16 km10 miIslay Airport (ILY)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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