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Ballinskelligs Bay surf break

Ballinskelligs Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 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
10.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballinskelligs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballinskelligs Bay at 9AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.8
W
0.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212191818181816151416101010101111111215151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7513817514318080314510625751163430527450270100607542212121
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
35
WNW
10
WSW
35
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
10
WSW
5
ESE
10
ENE
20
N
30
NNW
45
NNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
50
WNW
45
NW
40
WNW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
WNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
3.44
7:39PM
3.13
7:50AM
3.25
8:24PM
2.95
8:35AM
3.01
9:11PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.18
1:28AM
0.55
2:00PM
0.38
2:14AM
0.73
2:46PM
0.60
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--8:45-------8:45-------8:45-----
Sunset----4:46-------4:47-------4:50---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-222-----144121121221111
Temp. °C98811109998755587777778888
Feels °C (?)41643023451-1-2-2-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-2-2-1
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