Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
16.2°C
0.6° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 2PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Wed morning, strong winds from the SW by Fri morning).

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
SW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
10
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
13
1.2
WSW
6
1
WSW
6
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
16
0.4
SW
8
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
2
SW
7
1.8
SW
7
1.6
SW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
69
42
12
17
10
4
4
4
103
73
5
4
4
5
15
64
56
6
12
12
337
275
188
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
9:04AM3.56m
9:23PM3.35m
9:42AM3.29m
10:02PM3.07m
10:25AM3.01m
Low Tide
3:26PM0.57m
3:40AM0.72m
4:04PM0.84m
4:19AM0.97m
4:49PM1.11m
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:07
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:43
7:40
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
13
16
17
15
14
15
14
12
14
16
16
15
14
12
12
13
14
15
17
17
16
Feels °C
8
10
10
12
12
10
9
10
10
8
8
10
10
10
10
8
8
8
8
9
12
12
11
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