Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
8.7° 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 6AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (04 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
3
4
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
2
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.6
WNW
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
W
3
WNW
2
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)111110101313131212121615141413131313121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4783502652508231103125811321095118640261671445650094440400132472634222119492163239431183570
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
S
20
SW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
W
15
SW
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
12:39PM
0.15
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:18-------7:16-------7:15---
Sunset-------6:22-------6:23-------6:24
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------443------------
Temp. °C8889710111110877887788876799
Feels °C (?)3456477763-1-1-1-2-4-202321134
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