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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 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
9.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 11AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
2
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
2
WSW
2.4
W
0.5
W
1.6
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
1.8
SSE
3.5
W
3.5
W
4.5
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
3
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)111010101010892018171616161661616151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)045038437922814053499219000896679317248650520005130876645063944436933954635
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
NNW
40
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
SW
20
SE
35
ESE
50
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
20
SE
10
N
25
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrossoncrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
3.04
4:53AM
3.27
5:17PM
3.12
5:27AM
3.35
5:51PM
3.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.48
10:35PM
0.56
11:00AM
0.35
11:08PM
0.47
11:34AM
0.26
11:41PM
0.42
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:37-------8:37-------8:36-----
Sunset----5:02-------5:05-------5:07---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----12621------331132--1
Temp. °C677988887888877788788888
Feels °C (?)22241001-222341-2-30-1-2-13521
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