Ballybunion Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.50° N 9.68° W

Ballybunion 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballybunion sea temperature is
16.9°C
1.3° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 11PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, fresh winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
9
1.4
WNW
9
1.4
WNW
9
1.1
W
8
0.8
WNW
8
0.9
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
9
1.9
WSW
10
1.9
WSW
10
1.9
W
11
2.2
W
14
2.3
W
13
2.3
W
13
2.3
W
10
3
W
10
2.5
W
10
1.7
WSW
10
2.5
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
590
407
326
287
173
78
116
318
664
784
815
1949
1793
1729
1045
1394
1203
574
997
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
40
SW
30
W
25
WSW
30
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:49AM3.00m
1:28PM3.19m
2:24AM3.13m
2:50PM3.43m
Low Tide
6:18PM1.28m
7:02AM1.39m
8:05PM1.13m
8:36AM1.21m
9:19PM0.79m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:17
8:15
8:14
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
15
16
17
17
18
18
19
19
19
16
15
15
14
14
15
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
11
13
15
16
17
16
15
15
15
12
11
10
9
10
10
9
10
9
8
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