Ballycastle surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 03 Jul 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
12.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ballycastle today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycastle at 8AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (03 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (03 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
1
W
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)5577899999991010101010101010101010101010777777666666666557677777777799991011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)11122546114307300240188193158219346355347434466404355332338338325339363522295384371338276233219167184161138115101815036402637253026303325202652106141138154175234
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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off
cross-
on
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
0.44
11:03PM
0.48
5:02AM
0.41
11:38PM
0.45
5:28AM
0.38
10:56AM
0.35
12:21AM
0.42
5:34AM
0.36
12:46PM
0.33
6:43PM
0.35
1:17AM
0.39
6:16PM
0.40
2:57AM
0.37
6:12PM
0.45
4:57AM
0.39
6:35PM
0.50
5:35AM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
0.44
2:38PM
0.11
2:53AM
0.40
2:57PM
0.18
3:26AM
0.37
9:09AM
0.34
3:17PM
0.25
4:07AM
0.36
9:37AM
0.30
3:23PM
0.31
9:25PM
0.33
10:06AM
0.26
10:30PM
0.32
10:32AM
0.22
11:12PM
0.31
10:56AM
0.17
11:39PM
0.30
11:23AM
0.12
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise-4:50-------4:50-------4:52-------4:52-------4:54-------4:54-------4:56-------4:56--
Sunset------10:07-------10:06-------10:06-------10:05-------10:04-------10:02-------10:02-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111113151515131312121415141515141414151616131213131313131313121212121313131312111112131415151616161617181818181716161717
Feels °C (?)8710109108999987101191010111312778776766666677688889101212141716171718191919201716161617
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