Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
10.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 1PM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Afternoon (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Evening (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)12918181313131316161616161615151010101010101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4852130301717171725252525251092166312351343358559889815
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
E
40
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
50
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
3.29
8:25PM
3.25
9:00AM
3.03
9:23PM
3.02
10:07AM
2.78
10:32PM
2.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
0.42
2:29AM
0.40
2:52PM
0.71
3:33AM
0.65
4:00PM
0.97
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:31-------6:30-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:46-------8:49-------8:50--
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C99101111101010881010101110101110111212121212
Feels °C (?)44322100-2-200-111243443344
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