Ballycotton Surf Forecast

/ Cork (12 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 24 Oct 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 14.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 12AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 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 (25 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (25 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Evening (25 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

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	Friday 24			Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	322	153	63	38	20	18	8	7	3	3	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	135	103	100	85	81	49	31
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW
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	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:42PM 3.55				7:59AM 3.57				8:14PM 3.39				8:33AM 3.40				8:49PM 3.21				9:10AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)	1:46PM 0.41				1:59AM 0.46				2:19PM 0.56				2:32AM 0.62				2:54PM 0.74				3:08AM 0.80

	Friday 24			Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	11	10	9	9	8	9	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10
Feels °C (?)	5	4	4	2	1	2	2	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	3	5	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cork

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Ballycotton (fresh winds from the NW at Roches Point 16 km from Ballycotton). 1.5m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.4m 10s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 30 minutes ago Ballycotton

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16 km away, 1 h 30 min ago

29 km/h

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14.1

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