Ballybunion Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.50° N 9.68° W

Ballybunion 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballybunion sea temperature is
16.5°C
2.1° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 10PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sun night, near gales from the SE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
W
11
3
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.4
WNW
12
2.3
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
11
2.1
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
11
1.2
WNW
11
1.1
W
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1549
2088
2053
1744
1437
1252
1106
972
769
735
596
636
407
343
269
158
150
108
135
Wind (km/h)
35
W
30
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
S
25
S
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
55
SE
60
SE
30
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
6:14PM4.25m
6:36AM4.21m
6:50PM4.25m
7:11AM4.19m
7:28PM4.15m
Low Tide
00:19AM-0.02m
12:34PM0.12m
00:53AM0.03m
1:10PM0.15m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
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Temp °C
14
14
13
13
11
11
12
15
16
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17
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18
16
Feels °C
7
7
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11
8
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8
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8
11
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