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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 30 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
9.2° 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 2AM is: 5.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)16ft (5.0m)15s
Afternoon (31 Jan)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (31 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
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)
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0
0
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0
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0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161615151515151414141413131317171616161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12316111471166712090123231107489197078585547843717393744934749141581243092916330442734752441183217602224
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
15
W
5
SW
15
SE
25
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
60
ESE
60
ESE
60
ESE
30
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
3.21
3:39PM
3.19
3:55AM
3.44
4:27PM
3.36
4:40AM
3.59
5:10PM
3.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
0.63
9:18AM
0.34
9:36PM
0.44
10:06AM
0.12
10:21PM
0.29
10:50AM
-0.03
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----8:22-------8:19-------8:18---
Sunset------5:25-------5:28-------5:30-
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-1---121---------221-
Temp. °C899991010998988998888789108
Feels °C (?)56543546441-104632-1-3-6-5-344
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