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Ballycastle surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
9.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballycastle today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycastle at 11PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.6
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)1515151414131313121212111111101010101099121918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1038102491183461244032631723720615814313510394865655373317282961249
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35PM
0.37
5:47AM
0.51
4:38PM
0.39
6:05AM
0.56
4:55PM
0.42
6:32AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.17
11:08AM
0.30
10:30PM
0.12
11:22AM
0.31
10:51PM
0.05
11:37AM
0.31
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------8:40-------8:37-------8:37-
Sunset4:28-------4:30-------4:31-------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1111------------------
Temp. °C877877778777777888766668
Feels °C (?)432200012123331334322224
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