Ballycastle Surf Forecast

/ Antrim (7 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Ballycastle surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 BST

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Ballycastle surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ballycastle sea temperature is 14.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballycastle today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycastle at 2AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Evening (18 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s

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

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		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	N	N	NW	NW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	11	3	2	2	2	4	30	28	10	10	9	3	2	2
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 0.28				5:53PM 0.66				5:48AM 0.32				6:07PM 0.63				5:39AM 0.37				6:08PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)			2:28AM 0.20		9:31AM 0.12					11:34PM 0.26				10:13AM 0.09				11:28PM 0.22				10:49AM 0.07

		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	4	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	12
Feels °C (?)	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	5	3	4	4	5	9	12	11	11	10	9	11	12	12	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Antrim

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Ballycastle (moderate winds from the SE at Ballypatrick Forest 6 km from Ballycastle). 0.1m 9s swell from the WNW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 9 minutes ago Ballycastle

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