Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ballycotton today (05 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 1AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 04). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (05 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 13s |
| Evening (05 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Ballycotton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, calm by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 77 | 72 | 57 | 64 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 10:00PM3.51m | 10:20AM3.39m | 10:47PM3.36m | 11:11AM3.24m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:02PM0.49m | 4:26AM0.63m | 4:47PM0.64m | 5:15AM0.77m | 5:42PM0.80m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 9:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:13 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 13 | SW 5 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 4 |
| kJ | 4 | 72 | 57 | 64 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 6 | SW 7 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | — | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | W 10 | SSW 12 | S 16 | S 16 | W 10 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | — | 17 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | S 14 | S 13 | W 10 | S 18 | S 18 | — | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | S 16 | W 10 | W 10 | — | W 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | NW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 | WSW 6 | W 5 | W 3 | WSW 6 | — | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | — |
| kJ | 77 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 10 | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 518 | 518 | 254 | 332 | 560 | 455 | 455 | 455 | 719 | 455 | 455 | 455 | 347 | 283 | 493 | 151 | 455 | 166 | 148 |
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