Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 20 Mar 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
9.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 12AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 20). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
W
0.7
W
1.2
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010910999999999141213121210109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78714232444239383839243738961484708078774843272726
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
3.58
5:48AM
3.64
6:11PM
3.54
6:28AM
3.53
6:51PM
3.42
7:12AM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
0.03
11:50AM
-0.09
12:07AM
0.08
12:28PM
0.08
12:49AM
0.22
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-6:52-------6:53-------6:55------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111099888910999999101097778810
Feels °C (?)777665667677777765345446
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