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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 22 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
9.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)16ft (5.0m)14s
Afternoon (22 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
!
!
4
4
4
4
4
5
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
W
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)141414141313131216161516151515141417161615141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1119377535691456930592253175612291591481564227028667570067733795663891333414242140389243660763303732
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
E
10
E
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
35
NNW
35
NW
35
WNW
45
W
40
W
20
SW
15
SSE
5
S
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
3.14
7:12AM
3.29
7:42PM
3.07
7:52AM
3.17
8:25PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
0.21
12:51AM
0.46
1:17PM
0.27
1:30AM
0.54
1:58PM
0.38
2:15AM
0.67
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise8:33-------8:33-------8:32-------
Sunset--5:09-------5:12-------5:13-----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11------1--------111--15
Temp. °C888766566777666778878765
Feels °C (?)124421-102322000-1-1-1-2-22232
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