Ballybunion surf break

Ballybunion surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ballybunion today?

The current surf forecast for Ballybunion at 1AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.4
NNW
2
NNW
Period(s) (?)13131212111110101010101010101010101010999912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48624401327527732092162883348042842845250646147960575597010468656274132623221036
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
WSW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
3.32
3:35AM
3.29
3:47PM
3.59
4:24AM
3.54
4:33PM
3.83
5:03AM
3.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
0.90
9:38AM
1.06
10:08PM
0.61
10:22AM
0.79
10:47PM
0.38
10:58AM
0.57
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------7:16-------7:18-------7:20-
Sunset-7:50-------7:47-------7:45------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----151-111----------11
Temp. °C151413131212131818171716141413141414141313121213
Feels °C (?)98910101011151514141111111112121214131211107
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kerry

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Ballybunion (light winds from the S at Shannon Airport 56 km from Ballybunion). 3.3m 12s groundswell from the W which is too big for here.

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