Ballycotton surf break

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 27 Nov 2025 IST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
12.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 9PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)--
Afternoon (27 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (27 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)8878888888888999989810101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6135395506407569577657067605964232501871702262211571089666115969864
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
SW
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52PM
2.91
10:28AM
3.00
10:58PM
2.87
11:36AM
3.03
12:09AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.06
4:28AM
1.01
5:09PM
1.07
5:33AM
1.00
6:16PM
1.00
6:40AM
0.91
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise------8:11-------8:12-------8:14-
Sunset4:28-------4:27-------4:25-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------31----------------
Temp. °C121110101011899887765686655567
Feels °C (?)431221001133320021201134
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