Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
15.6°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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 4AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
7
0.2
SSW
15
0.5
SW
7
0.2
SSW
15
0.2
SSW
14
0.2
SSW
14
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.4
SW
7
0.3
SW
7
0.3
SW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.6
N
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
21
23
21
21
20
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
6
6
5
14
7
7
5
5
7
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
11:06PM3.03m
11:46AM3.06m
00:28AM2.85m
1:17PM2.99m
2:00AM2.88m
2:43PM3.13m
Low Tide
5:46AM0.98m
6:39PM1.05m
7:16AM1.04m
8:09PM1.01m
8:40AM0.91m
9:23PM0.82m
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Temp °C
14
15
16
15
17
17
16
15
15
16
16
16
17
18
16
16
16
15
15
15
17
14
12
10
Feels °C
13
15
16
13
15
14
13
12
12
14
13
13
13
15
14
15
15
14
14
14
15
10
8
5
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