Ballycastle Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.22° N 6.23° W

Ballycastle, Ireland Weather Observations

Issued: 6 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycastle sea temperature is
15.2°C
1.4° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Ballycastle based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Ballycastle right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Ballycastle

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Causeway Head wx

17 km WSW64 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
10
light winds from the NNW
(11 km/h at 332°)
25
15 °C-
-
-
-
0

Campbeltown Airport

42 km NE187 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
20
moderate winds from the NW
(20 km/h at 310°)
14 °C10.0
10.0
few

Machrihanish

42 km NE13 m above sea level

3 hours ago
cloudno report
wind obs. (17 kph from 150 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
13.9 °C24
24

-

Islay Port Ellen

50 km N215 m above sea level

3 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
20
moderate winds from the NNW
(20 km/h at 340°)
13 °C10.0
10.0
few
scattered
-

Bangor

74 km SSE44 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
5
light winds from the WNW
(6 km/h at 288°)
15
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Aldergrove

62 km S63 m above sea level

3 hours ago
cloudno report
wind obs. (11 kph from 210 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
16.0 °C21
21

-

Belfast/Aldergrove Airport

65 km S220 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
15
light winds from the WNW
(13 km/h at 300°)
13 °C10.0
10.0
few
broken

SHIP645

70 km ESE3 m above sea level

4 hours ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
13.7 °C-
-


SHIP4169

70 km ESE15 m above sea level

4 hours ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C- km
- km


SHIP7707

70 km ESE15 m above sea level

4 hours ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C- km
- km


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Ballycastle and within an acceptable time window.

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