Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 21 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
9.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 6PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
3
3
3
4
4
2
2
1
3
3
4
5
5
5
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)151516151514141313131314131313121415141414131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284239714954474741213659301723452036234536093992367632673069229129853344360930602403252829042767
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38PM
4.26
6:55AM
4.23
7:17PM
4.11
7:38AM
3.98
8:01PM
3.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
-0.09
12:35AM
0.09
12:55PM
0.11
1:16AM
0.26
1:36PM
0.42
2:01AM
0.53
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:35-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:53-------6:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------1-------------4
Temp. °C79101098889987766569101011111111
Feels °C (?)477754456521233135444433
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