Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
18.0°C
1.5° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 10PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)--
Afternoon (30 Aug)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (30 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
8
2.1
WSW
9
1.3
SW
8
1.1
SSW
7
1.3
SW
9
1.3
SW
10
1
SW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
SSW
7
0.7
SW
7
0.8
SW
7
0.7
SW
7
0.7
SW
7
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.2
S
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
17
0.2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
300
629
214
124
260
287
181
65
36
48
55
44
43
38
36
24
30
28
26
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:39PM3.90m
7:54AM3.84m
8:14PM3.88m
8:30AM3.80m
8:51PM3.77m
Low Tide
1:44PM0.10m
2:04AM0.18m
2:19PM0.12m
2:38AM0.24m
2:55PM0.22m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:23
8:22
8:20
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
14
14
15
13
15
17
18
17
15
15
15
15
16
17
18
16
17
Feels °C
13
14
10
10
9
8
10
12
14
13
12
13
12
13
12
13
14
13
14
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