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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
9.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 2AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)16ft (5.0m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
3
W
3
W
4
W
5
W
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1.4
WSW
2.2
W
1.7
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)101010111112131515151414141310116789108810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58047857325192343403774874221212140181836310691785461235149959879214933848
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
WNW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
NW
15
NW
10
SW
20
S
30
S
45
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
25
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
60
SSW
55
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
2.95
8:35AM
3.01
9:11PM
2.77
9:23AM
2.78
10:02PM
2.62
10:19AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
0.73
2:46PM
0.60
3:03AM
0.93
3:36PM
0.83
4:01AM
1.09
4:34PM
1.02
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----8:45-------8:45-------8:44---
Sunset------4:50-------4:51-------4:52-
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
212112111--------111-471
Temp. °C8877788889999910101010101112121211
Feels °C (?)-10-2-2-3-4-3-2-1-10145431007630-1
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