Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today (16 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 10AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (16 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 7s |
| Evening (16 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Ballinskelligs Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon night, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Mon morning, strong winds from the WNW by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | W 6 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 18 | 16 | 9 | 73 | 189 | 277 | 213 | 173 | 142 | 117 | 93 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 91 | 128 | 149 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 58 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 7:47AM3.37m | 7:59PM3.42m | 8:25AM3.20m | 8:38PM3.18m | 9:04AM2.99m | 9:20PM2.90m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:38PM0.28m | 2:02AM0.19m | 2:17PM0.47m | 2:40AM0.46m | 2:58PM0.70m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | | |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | |
 | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:59 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | WSW 7 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 |
| kJ | 20 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 277 | 213 | 173 | 142 | 117 | 93 | 72 | 72 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 58 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 7 | NW 8 | WSW 7 | W 11 | SW 13 | NW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NW 7 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
| kJ | 18 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | NW 7 | NW 7 | S 11 | N 7 | — | S 20 | S 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 2 | WSW 4 | W 6 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | NNW 7 | — | — | — | WSW 8 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 8 | 73 | 189 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 75 | 91 | 128 | 149 | 173 | 217 | 239 | 363 | 495 | 626 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 41 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 41 | 285 | 279 | 204 | 111 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 279 | 46 | 581 | 195 | 111 | 111 | 46 | 1019 | 825 | 825 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Kerry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ballinskelligs Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest