Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 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
8.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 4PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)16ft (5.0m)15s
Afternoon (23 Feb)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (23 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
7
7
0
2
3
1
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
4
5
5
5
5
3
0
2
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.3
W
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)151414141313121212121313121220191716161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112368035626743063267277320271846188023142431193115591240133336344704442836582791220418811640843
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
3.69
9:10PM
3.53
9:37AM
3.37
10:12PM
3.29
10:53AM
3.09
11:36PM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
0.68
3:08AM
0.91
3:37PM
1.04
4:19AM
1.19
4:59PM
1.34
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise7:39-------7:37-------7:35-------
Sunset---6:05-------6:07-------6:08----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11---------1-----61-----
Temp. °C10101212101111101111121111111111111213111010910
Feels °C (?)7687555566877899991076554
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