Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
17.0°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Ballycotton today (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 9PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
6
1.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
16
1.8
WSW
10
0.7
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.5
SW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
1.2
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
34
34
34
34
34
33
16
188
132
41
690
208
444
388
666
13
157
319
Wind (km/h)
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:36AM2.91m
1:20PM2.98m
2:06AM2.90m
2:49PM3.10m
Low Tide
6:39PM1.02m
7:20AM1.07m
8:13PM1.03m
8:49AM0.96m
9:34PM0.85m
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:10
8:07
8:06
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
16
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
16
15
14
14
15
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
12
12
13
14
13
13
12
14
14
15
13
13
11
12
11
10
10
11
11
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