Ballycotton Surf Forecast

/ Cork (12 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 18 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 13.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 3AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	4s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Evening (19 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 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 Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	N	N	N	S	S	W	S	W	SW	S	S	SW	W	S	S	S	S	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	4	4	4	12	12	14	12	13	13	16	16	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	16	16	16	46	50	50	3	3	4	3	3	7	7	6	6	3	5	4	4	4	9	21	19	18
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore 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	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 / height (m)				4:22AM 3.48				4:39PM 3.49				4:57AM 3.57				5:13PM 3.53				5:31AM 3.60				5:47PM 3.51
Low Tide / height (m)		10:27PM 0.54				10:45AM 0.51				11:00PM 0.47				11:19AM 0.47				11:33PM 0.44				11:53AM 0.46

		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:34	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
Temp. °C	7	7	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	10
Feels °C (?)	1	0	-4	-5	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-3	-3	-3	-1	0	-1	-1	0	1	2	2	2	3	5

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Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
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