Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 5AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (03 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (03 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)1111111211111111109131211111010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)64098429521331106911861029956755517112021041712157214121065931801627575482450448377
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
2.33
2:23PM
2.54
3:00AM
2.54
3:16PM
2.79
3:46AM
2.79
3:58PM
3.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.28
8:09AM
1.26
8:49PM
1.04
9:03AM
1.03
9:34PM
0.75
9:45AM
0.77
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------8:23-------8:22-------8:19
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
448311111-121121--------
Temp. °C151414151515151515141415151515151514141515151515
Feels °C (?)141311899101213121010101010101010101212121112
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kerry

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ballinskelligs Bay (calm at Castletownbere wx 29 km from Ballinskelligs Bay). 1.8m 5s windswell from the WSW with a 1.5m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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29 km away, 25 min ago

3 km/h
SW
0.0
16.6
Air / Water (°C)
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