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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
9.1° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 2PM is: 3.5m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 05). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)11ft (3.5m)19s
Afternoon (05 Feb)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (05 Feb)11ft (3.5m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
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)
!
!
!
!
!
5
5
5
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
1
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)191817171716161615141414141414131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91068674780068806300519244104056315630513099342033692477186515611175962820916887755730785
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
E
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
0
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
3.52
7:06PM
3.26
7:16AM
3.32
7:42PM
3.09
7:53AM
3.08
8:19PM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45PM
0.09
12:56AM
0.39
1:20PM
0.30
1:33AM
0.58
1:56PM
0.55
2:12AM
0.80
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise8:14-------8:11-------8:11-------
Sunset--5:35-------5:37-------5:38-----
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C7777888891010109999910101010998
Feels °C (?)123444444667667788778765
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