Ballycotton surf break

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 IST
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Ballycotton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
10.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 9AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.8
SSE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.7
SE
2.2
SE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101091691691515151515151566777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)946046333150252512172121424242214185138269493611703610
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
35
E
40
E
45
E
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossonononononononcross-
on
onononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
4.10
7:32PM
4.12
7:54AM
4.00
8:16PM
4.02
8:39AM
3.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
-0.11
1:37PM
-0.05
2:00AM
-0.05
2:20PM
0.06
2:47AM
0.12
3:06PM
0.26
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---6:28-------6:26-------6:24----
Sunset-------8:35-------8:37-------8:37
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1088779109987781010109109988911
Feels °C (?)64444565632124553532-1-202
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