Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
16.3°C
0.5° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 11PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)--
Afternoon (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun night, min 14°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sun morning).

Fri
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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
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)
0.7
SW
8
0.7
SW
8
0.8
SW
8
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
15
1.9
SW
6
1.8
SW
6
1.7
SW
6
1.6
SW
6
1.3
SW
6
1.1
SW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.3
WSW
9
0.3
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
67
65
73
5
5
4
293
273
226
196
128
88
67
47
32
35
34
17
15
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
N
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:21PM4.01m
6:38AM3.95m
6:59PM4.06m
7:15AM3.98m
7:36PM4.00m
Low Tide
00:49AM0.04m
1:05PM-0.07m
1:26AM0.03m
1:42PM-0.03m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:00
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:57
7:54
7:52
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
14
14
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
12
10
11
9
10
12
12
13
14
15
15
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
16
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