Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 IST
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Ballybunion surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballybunion sea temperature is
9.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 2PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (05 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
1
0
1
2
4
6
6
7
6
6
6
7
6
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
NW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
NW
1.4
WSW
1.3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131111111112121212111917161716161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)478144673827245222261875147413301082897488330408119965517708103758280728263366232607053164584
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SE
25
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
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
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
3.86
7:53PM
3.82
8:13AM
3.63
8:25PM
3.61
8:48AM
3.37
9:01PM
3.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.38
1:35PM
0.54
1:54AM
0.57
2:06PM
0.79
2:27AM
0.81
2:38PM
1.06
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--7:05-------7:01-------7:00-----
Sunset-----8:19-------8:20-------8:22--
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11---------------121----
Temp. °C67788878891012141210111211121313141312
Feels °C (?)-5-4-201222-10357523557910121112
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