Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
15.9°C
1.1° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 11AM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (29 Sep)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (29 Sep)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
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
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSE
6
2.1
SE
6
2.4
SSE
7
3
SSE
8
3.5
SSE
8
4.5
S
9
4
S
10
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
11
3.5
SSW
11
4
SSW
11
4
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
11
2.3
SSW
11
2.1
SSW
11
2
SSW
10
1.8
SSW
10
1.8
SSW
9
2
SSW
9
2.4
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
156
326
531
1028
1734
3366
3103
2719
2701
2756
3579
3689
2820
2507
1789
1386
1192
1016
794
596
531
603
571
Wind (km/h)
35
ESE
40
ESE
45
SE
50
SE
55
SE
50
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
S
50
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:28AM4.00m
7:48PM3.97m
8:07AM3.94m
8:28PM3.83m
8:48AM3.79m
9:12PM3.60m
Low Tide
1:53PM0.03m
2:12AM0.12m
2:33PM0.15m
2:52AM0.28m
3:17PM0.36m
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7:31
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3
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1
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Temp °C
15
16
16
17
17
18
16
15
15
14
14
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
15
Feels °C
9
10
9
9
8
10
10
9
9
4
7
8
8
8
9
9
9
8
10
9
9
9
9
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