Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
18.0° C
1.3° 

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 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 1PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (07 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (07 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
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)
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)
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
13
0.4
SW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.7
SW
5
0.6
SW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
16
16
14
14
13
13
13
17
18
59
56
54
52
35
25
25
14
14
14
21
14
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
SW
20
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:15PM3.10m
00:54AM3.05m
1:32PM3.05m
2:13AM3.04m
2:52PM3.15m
Low Tide
6:15AM0.91m
6:51PM0.93m
7:31AM0.98m
8:15PM0.94m
8:53AM0.91m
9:35PM0.81m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:03
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:10
9:09
9:07
 mm
Temp °C
13
13
14
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
17
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
18
21
22
22
19
Feels °C
11
11
12
14
13
13
14
14
14
13
14
15
15
15
16
16
16
17
17
18
18
21
18
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