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Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 IST
How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?
The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 5AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 6ft (1.9m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) | 7s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Ballycotton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 464 | 765 | 606 | 499 | 288 | 298 | 467 | 650 | 703 | 670 | 716 | 520 | 431 | 320 | 255 | 216 | 165 | 138 | 93 | 76 | 52 | 194 | 42 | 42 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:22AM 2.94 | 3:56PM 3.18 | 4:20AM 3.16 | 4:46PM 3.41 | 5:05AM 3.39 | 5:27PM 3.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:30PM 0.97 | 9:55AM 0.84 | 10:30PM 0.76 | 10:49AM 0.61 | 11:16PM 0.55 | 11:32AM 0.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:36 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cork
Cross-on wind has become cross-off at Ballycotton (light winds from the SSW at Roches Point 16 km from Ballycotton). 2.3m 11s groundswell from the SW with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
16 km away, 42 min ago
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