Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 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
10.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 11PM is: 7.5m 20s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Dec)--
Afternoon (17 Dec)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (17 Dec)23ft (7.0m)21s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
6
5
0
0
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
4.5
WNW
7
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)121621202020191919181817171616161615141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)331098404197453872500454352039184357673380330551290203045130203278872427319045147599914699449703556348829512759
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
40
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SE
40
S
40
W
40
W
45
WSW
55
SW
55
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
45
S
50
S
30
S
35
W
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
3.34
3:43AM
3.59
4:07PM
3.46
4:20AM
3.70
4:45PM
3.54
4:57AM
3.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
0.93
9:55AM
0.78
10:05PM
0.85
10:31AM
0.67
10:40PM
0.79
11:07AM
0.59
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------8:44-------8:45-------8:45-
Sunset4:23-------4:24-------4:24-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111--161-1121------151-
Temp. °C1110109971079889999910991010888
Feels °C (?)5220211-2-1-3-4-3-2-1-1133310103
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