Ballycotton surf break

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 28 Nov 2025 IST
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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
12.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 11PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Nov)--
Afternoon (28 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (28 Nov)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
WSW
1.4
SW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.1
S
0.7
WSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2
S
4
SSW
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)888889129981010101010101511789899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)760517311244288342121128715788160117969880644117811158512915392294868
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
20
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
5
N
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
2.87
11:36AM
3.03
12:09AM
2.94
12:44PM
3.15
1:15AM
3.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09PM
1.07
5:33AM
1.00
6:16PM
1.00
6:40AM
0.91
7:20PM
0.85
7:44AM
0.74
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise------8:12-------8:14-------8:15-
Sunset4:27-------4:25-------4:25-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-11----1---------2441532
Temp. °C1098776667665656899101212121010
Feels °C (?)2342211-10-110113210048989
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