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Ballycotton surf break

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 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
9.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 3PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (29 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (29 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
!
!
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SE
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
5
SW
6
SW
5.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)81111121211161717171616161514161616151514141410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55871354346293196116511306221363158995469407034862822251928443301329326201914145933132668376
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
3.08
2:31AM
3.22
3:05PM
3.24
3:37AM
3.45
4:05PM
3.44
4:33AM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
0.90
8:34PM
0.85
9:14AM
0.73
9:42PM
0.62
10:16AM
0.51
10:38PM
0.37
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise8:15-------8:15-------8:12-------
Sunset--5:14-------5:15-------5:16-----
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-321-11-------------11-
Temp. °C9989888889977777691098876
Feels °C (?)22-1443221222233436763221
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