Ballybunion Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.50° N 9.68° W

Ballybunion 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballybunion sea temperature is
14.5°C
1.5° 

Ballybunion surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ballybunion today (21 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 10PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)--
Afternoon (21 Oct)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 61mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu morning, near gales from the NW by Thu night).

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
13
3
WNW
13
3
WNW
13
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.4
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
11
2
WNW
11
3
NW
11
4
WNW
9
4.5
WNW
10
4.5
WNW
10
4.5
WNW
11
4.5
WNW
12
4.5
WNW
13
4.5
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4090
3412
3434
3354
3042
2263
1986
1689
1473
1184
959
2457
2836
3330
4248
5514
6315
6685
6763
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
20
SSW
35
WNW
35
W
30
WNW
20
W
15
S
20
SE
25
E
40
NE
55
N
45
N
60
NW
60
NW
55
WNW
50
NW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
2:24PM3.12m
3:03AM3.16m
3:11PM3.38m
3:43AM3.47m
3:52PM3.64m
Low Tide
8:55PM1.05m
9:11AM1.16m
9:32PM0.76m
9:48AM0.86m
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1
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6
12
8
2
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1
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Temp °C
11
10
11
11
11
12
10
12
11
9
7
8
11
10
10
11
12
11
12
Feels °C
3
5
3
3
4
6
6
7
5
0
-5
-2
-2
-3
-3
-1
2
2
5
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