Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ballycotton today (12 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 9PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 7s |
| Evening (12 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Ballycotton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 192 | 149 | 91 | 67 | 56 | 47 | 49 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 70 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | 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 | 6:59PM4.06m | 7:15AM3.98m | 7:36PM4.00m | 7:52AM3.92m | 8:11PM3.84m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:05PM-0.07m | 1:26AM0.03m | 1:42PM-0.03m | 2:00AM0.11m | 2:17PM0.11m | ||||||||||||||
 | |  |  |  |  |  | |  | |  |  | | | | | |  |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
Feels °C | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 15 | WSW 10 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 13 | S 13 | S 13 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 9 | 67 | 56 | 47 | 49 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 15 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | SSW 13 | — | — | — | S 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | — | W 12 | W 11 |
| kJ | — | — | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 17 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | — | 3 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 14 | S 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 8 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 |
| kJ | 192 | 149 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 25 | 70 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 51 | 98 | 110 | 129 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 138 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 34 | 34 | 146 | 147 | 151 | 146 | 151 | 151 | 136 | 151 | 254 | 151 |
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