Portrush-East Strand surf break

Portrush-East Strand surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 BST
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Portrush-East Strand surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Portrush-East Strand sea temperature is
15.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Portrush-East Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Portrush-East Strand at 8AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Portrush-East Strand. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.2
N
0.6
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)991514141311131377777710101099991616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22214211556118991356892111831681118458117966032212015322870
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
WSW
30
W
35
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
10
SW
15
SSE
25
ESE
40
SE
30
SSE
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
1.65
3:31PM
1.68
3:43AM
1.63
4:41PM
1.83
4:52AM
1.66
5:33PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
1.11
9:49PM
0.91
9:41AM
1.12
11:07PM
0.82
10:45AM
1.04
12:06AM
0.74
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58--------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:42-------7:38--
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
211211312111----61------
Temp. °C131214151414131313131314141312111112141718161313
Feels °C (?)9889676676678910864913141299
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Antrim

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Portrush-East Strand (light winds from the WSW at Magilligan Number 2 20 km from Portrush-East Strand). 0.7m 3s local chop from the WSW with a 0.5m 10s swell from the NW and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km/h
WSW
0.0
15.0
Air / Water (°C)
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