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Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
9.3° 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 7PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)9978999910111212121210121212131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)535439773128015491363115899210671082173516942144302618473073393150905955586288431036674955501
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
S
40
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
NW
15
WNW
10
SSE
20
ESE
20
ENE
25
NNE
30
NNW
40
NW
45
NW
40
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
50
WNW
50
NW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
4.15
8:07PM
3.73
8:15AM
3.92
8:51PM
3.52
9:00AM
3.63
9:37PM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.21
1:53AM
0.69
2:27PM
0.46
2:38AM
0.92
3:12PM
0.74
3:28AM
1.15
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise8:47-------8:47-------8:45-------
Sunset--4:42-------4:43-------4:44-----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
31------33111211111211--
Temp. °C8810999875445777678677888
Feels °C (?)532012340-1-2-3-2-4-3-3-3-1-2-3-4-3-3-1
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