Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
18.0°C
1.5° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 7AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (30 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (30 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
9
1.1
SW
8
1.3
SSW
8
1.4
SW
6
1.6
SW
7
1.5
SSW
8
2.2
SW
9
1.3
SW
8
1.4
SW
9
1.3
SW
9
1.1
SW
9
1
SW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
SW
7
0.8
SW
7
0.8
SW
7
0.7
SW
7
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.2
S
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
17
0.2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
193
180
230
172
240
285
703
216
281
272
222
177
60
42
59
65
44
41
38
36
24
30
28
26
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
W
25
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:20AM3.81m
7:39PM3.90m
7:54AM3.84m
8:14PM3.88m
8:30AM3.80m
8:51PM3.77m
Low Tide
1:30AM0.21m
1:44PM0.10m
2:04AM0.18m
2:19PM0.12m
2:38AM0.24m
2:55PM0.22m
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6:39
6:41
6:43
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8:23
8:22
8:20
 mm
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
14
15
14
14
15
17
18
17
15
15
15
15
17
17
18
17
17
Feels °C
14
14
12
13
12
14
15
10
9
7
9
10
13
15
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
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