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Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
8.6° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 2PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (12 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)161615141414141313131313131313121212121211111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6246748986735582406428171608110486266366369460057264351349657450512401008110414311846
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
40
WSW
50
WSW
35
W
30
W
20
NNW
50
NNE
55
NNE
50
NNE
45
NNE
35
N
30
NNE
25
N
15
NE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
25
S
40
SSE
40
S
25
SSW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
2.73
2:12AM
3.00
2:51PM
2.94
3:07AM
3.26
3:38PM
3.20
3:49AM
3.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.58
8:00PM
1.57
8:43AM
1.34
8:55PM
1.33
9:28AM
1.05
9:36PM
1.06
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise8:00-------7:58-------7:56-------
Sunset--5:44-------5:45-------5:47-----
clear
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-1---1-----------541--
Temp. °C9988764445665544455581099
Feels °C (?)10-2001-7-8-7-6-3-3-200-1-2-2-5-52423
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