Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 03 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
18.5° C
1.9° 

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 (03 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 11AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (03 Aug)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
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
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
9
0.8
SW
9
1
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
8
0.8
SW
8
1.5
S
7
1.4
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.1
S
7
1
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
0.2
S
15
0.1
S
15
1.7
SW
6
1.5
SW
7
1.4
SW
7
1.2
WSW
7
0.6
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
107
107
141
117
77
196
197
138
117
99
121
17
4
212
189
211
124
33
19
17
17
17
17
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:57AM3.58m
9:19PM3.62m
9:36AM3.51m
10:00PM3.51m
10:20AM3.39m
Low Tide
3:23PM0.37m
3:45AM0.51m
4:02PM0.49m
4:26AM0.63m
4:47PM0.64m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:17
9:16
9:15
 mm
1
7
4
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
18
17
17
19
19
18
18
17
19
20
20
20
16
15
15
14
15
18
18
17
14
Feels °C
15
15
16
13
13
17
19
18
18
15
16
16
15
16
11
9
9
8
8
11
11
11
9
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