Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 25 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
9.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (26 Feb)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
4
2
2
4
5
4
3
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.2
WSW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
0.7
W
3
W
1
W
1.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)15141413139101010101010191218161316151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)387031832661162389219451876144115099351019627365217763992422823794381833803067295127322233
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
SW
10
NW
15
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
5
N
5
ESE
10
SE
20
S
30
S
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
2.62
12:08PM
2.55
12:45AM
2.69
1:36PM
2.69
2:00AM
2.92
2:41PM
2.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
1.03
6:20PM
1.10
7:13AM
0.88
7:43PM
0.93
8:21AM
0.61
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:33-------7:31-------7:28---
Sunset-------6:14-------6:15-------6:16
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----63--11-----------1--
Temp. °C1010101091111118899999876667799
Feels °C (?)665314884665664333422055
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