Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 IST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 8PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)--
Afternoon (03 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.6
WNW
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111111010131313121212121514141313131312121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85758247835026525082311031258113210951074107437454228405436623259284324702071203823292571
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
25
WSW
25
NNW
45
NW
30
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
4.09
5:28AM
4.36
5:54PM
4.14
6:03AM
4.33
6:26PM
4.10
6:36AM
4.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
0.23
11:36AM
-0.08
11:46PM
0.19
12:08PM
-0.01
12:19AM
0.24
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:18-------7:16-------7:15-
Sunset-6:20-------6:22-------6:23------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------14771---------
Temp. °C101088887101111107657778887767
Feels °C (?)6734553788710-5-1-2-30123311
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