Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 05 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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 9AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
2
2
3
4
4
5
5
6
5
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)161514141313131313121212131313141414141514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)344147675452468635843184267223132104203819811788219830703570424951655368627863745243464139223553
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
55
NW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
4.10
6:36AM
4.19
6:57PM
3.99
7:09AM
3.98
7:28PM
3.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
-0.01
12:19AM
0.24
12:39PM
0.15
12:51AM
0.37
1:09PM
0.39
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:16-------7:15-------7:11-----
Sunset-----6:23-------6:24-------6:27--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
5221--------------------
Temp. °C755777777767999889811111096
Feels °C (?)0-7-6-3-3-2-113312444344366540
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