Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
16.8°C
0.7° 

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) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 11AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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)6ft (1.8m)6s

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 17°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Wed morning).

Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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)
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
0.2
S
12
0.2
SSW
12
1.9
SW
6
1.8
SW
7
1.3
SW
7
1.1
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.6
SW
9
0.4
SW
9
0.3
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
8
0.7
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.6
SW
8
0.6
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
208
444
543
11
14
278
271
160
241
154
90
67
20
20
23
58
49
38
37
20
35
45
44
Wind (km/h)
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
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
High Tide
2:06AM2.90m
2:49PM3.10m
3:25AM3.09m
3:59PM3.35m
4:26AM3.35m
4:54PM3.64m
Low Tide
8:49AM0.96m
9:34PM0.85m
10:01AM0.71m
10:36PM0.59m
10:57AM0.42m
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:54
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:06
8:04
8:01
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
16
17
16
16
15
14
12
11
14
16
16
15
13
12
12
11
13
15
16
15
15
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
10
10
9
11
8
7
8
9
9
9
9
8
9
8
11
12
12
10
12
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