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Ballinknockane surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 IST
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Ballinknockane surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballinknockane sea temperature is
9.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballinknockane today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinknockane at 2PM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)15ft (4.5m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jan)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Ballinknockane. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515151414131313121212111111101010109991018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7892783674746778554544483510299624961786144411508287186194824073422822112764086376559
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
5
SW
5
W
0
NW
10
NE
10
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
WSW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
3.18
4:01AM
3.48
4:27PM
3.34
4:38AM
3.66
5:03PM
3.48
5:13AM
3.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
0.92
9:45PM
0.96
10:14AM
0.72
10:22PM
0.79
10:49AM
0.54
10:56PM
0.65
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise8:41-------8:41-------8:40-------
Sunset--4:58-------4:59-------5:00-----
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-1----------------11-1
Temp. °C789888766666655556887787
Feels °C (?)345666432333421111331151
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