Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 IST
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Ballinskelligs Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballinskelligs Bay sea temperature is
9.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 1PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
W
0.7
W
1.2
W
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.2
W
1.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)99999999914121312121010999991167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44423938383924373896148477507356484327272626338103328
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
3.54
6:28AM
3.53
6:51PM
3.42
7:12AM
3.32
7:36PM
3.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
-0.09
12:07AM
0.08
12:28PM
0.08
12:49AM
0.22
1:10PM
0.33
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset-----6:53-------6:55-------6:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C888999999910101087667789101011
Feels °C (?)666666777787533334345555
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