Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
17.1°C
0.9° 

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 (07 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 12AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (07 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (07 Sep)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SW by Wed morning).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
6
1.2
SW
6
0.3
SW
16
1.8
WSW
10
0.7
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.4
SW
12
0.2
SSW
12
2.1
SW
6
2
SW
7
1.3
SW
7
1.3
SW
8
1.1
SW
10
0.9
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.4
WSW
7
0.4
SW
9
0.4
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
176
112
41
692
208
400
543
619
14
341
357
184
186
235
99
37
21
20
25
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
NW
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:20PM2.98m
2:06AM2.90m
2:49PM3.10m
3:25AM3.09m
3:59PM3.35m
Low Tide
8:13PM1.03m
8:49AM0.96m
9:34PM0.85m
10:01AM0.71m
cloud
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part cloud
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light rain
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
15
14
14
15
17
16
16
14
12
11
12
13
16
16
15
13
Feels °C
15
16
15
12
11
11
10
12
10
10
8
8
6
7
8
9
9
8
8
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