Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
15.9°C
1.0° 

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) - 8ft (2.4m), 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 6AM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)8ft (2.4m)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

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling 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 WSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
5
1.6
SSE
6
2.2
SE
6
2.5
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
3.5
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
10
3
SW
11
2.1
SSW
10
1.6
WSW
13
1.8
SSW
10
1.9
SSW
9
2.1
SSW
7
2.4
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
103
166
364
586
1093
1530
3106
3044
2930
2701
2603
3091
2974
2481
2669
1668
1319
1703
997
841
635
612
401
636
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
45
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
S
35
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
45
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-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
1:35AM0.05m
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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Temp °C
15
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
9
9
9
9
8
9
10
10
9
5
7
8
9
9
9
9
9
8
9
9
9
9
10
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