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.

Weather Station	Weather	Wind	Gusts	Temp.	Visibility	Visibility / Cloud
Causeway Head wx 17 km WSW64 m above sea level 56 minutes ago	dry	light winds from the NW (19 km/h at 309°)		11 °C	-	- - - 0
Machrihanish 42 km NE13 m above sea level 1 hour ago	no report	wind obs. (17 kph from 150 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		13.9 °C	24	24 -
1756 45 km SSE460 m above sea level 1 hour ago	-	near gales from the NNW (61 km/h at 336°)		5.7 °C	-	- - - 0
Islay Port Ellen 50 km N215 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	fresh winds from the N (37 km/h at 360°)		n/a °C	10.0	10.0 no cloud scattered scattered
Straid wx 55 km SSE194 m above sea level 1 hour ago	dry	wind obs. (8 kph from 190 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		10 °C	-	- - - 0
Eglinton/Londonderry Airport 62 km SW395 m above sea level 2 hours ago	-	fresh winds from the N (30 km/h at 360°)		11 °C	10.0	10.0 few
Aldergrove 62 km S63 m above sea level 1 hour ago	no report	wind obs. (11 kph from 210 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		16.0 °C	21	21 -
Belfast/Aldergrove Airport 65 km S220 m above sea level 2 hours ago	-	moderate winds from the N.(Wind varies from 330 to 030 degs) (26 km/h at 360°)		12 °C	10.0	10.0 few
SHIP5110 67 km SSE15 m above sea level 3 hours ago		- (- km/h at -°)		- °C	- km	- km
SHIP2253 67 km SSE3 m above sea level 3 hours ago		- (- km/h at -°)		10.2 °C	-	-

* 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.