Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
16.1°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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 2AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSW
14
0.2
SSW
14
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.1
S
13
0.9
SE
5
1.3
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
S
7
1.1
SSE
7
1.1
SSW
7
1
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.7
SSW
7
0.6
SSW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.7
SSE
4
1.1
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
19
10
9
3
31
107
140
181
118
118
99
66
51
38
33
19
15
50
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSE
10
SE
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
0
ESE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:02PM3.82m
6:17AM3.83m
6:36PM3.96m
6:52AM3.96m
7:11PM4.01m
Low Tide
00:25AM0.18m
12:40PM0.07m
00:59AM0.07m
1:16PM0.00m
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:26
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7:22
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7:20
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7:16
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2
3
8
4
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Temp °C
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
15
16
14
12
12
12
12
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
11
11
11
10
10
14
10
9
10
10
9
9
10
11
11
11
10
9
9
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