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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 01 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
9.2° 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 1PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 2.1m 19s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Feb)16ft (5.0m)17s
Evening (01 Feb)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
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
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
!
!
!
!
!
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
2
WSW
2
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)141313131717161616151414141313131316151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)460646335227559916034133569767696547653436264318301078915794135613385240674363976679606448513644
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
40
WNW
30
NW
15
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
15
E
25
E
35
E
45
E
50
ESE
50
E
50
E
45
E
45
E
40
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
3.36
4:40AM
3.59
5:10PM
3.44
5:22AM
3.67
5:51PM
3.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
0.12
10:21PM
0.29
10:50AM
-0.03
11:03PM
0.20
11:30AM
-0.09
11:42PM
0.19
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--8:19-------8:18-------8:17-----
Sunset----5:28-------5:30-------5:30---
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C989999777888888999999101010
Feels °C (?)0-1246621-2-2-3-3-3-2-1022344555
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