Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.4° 

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 (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 7AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (29 Aug)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (29 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri night, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun night).

Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
W
4
0.6
SSW
6
0.6
S
6
0.9
S
6
1.2
S
8
1.6
SSW
9
1.4
SSW
9
1
SSW
9
1.1
SW
9
1.1
SW
8
1.4
SW
5
1.6
SW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.7
SSW
7
2.5
WSW
9
1.6
SW
8
1.3
SW
9
1.2
SW
9
1.1
SW
9
0.7
SW
10
0.6
SSW
7
1
SW
7
0.1
S
19
0.1
S
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
29
25
64
160
374
326
165
193
162
0
233
272
302
1033
338
238
225
222
98
37
97
7
7
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
E
25
NNE
30
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
S
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
25
WNW
20
W
35
WNW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:47AM3.71m
7:06PM3.84m
7:20AM3.81m
7:39PM3.90m
7:54AM3.84m
8:14PM3.88m
Low Tide
00:56AM0.30m
1:10PM0.16m
1:30AM0.21m
1:44PM0.10m
2:04AM0.18m
2:19PM0.12m
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clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:39
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:25
8:23
8:22
 mm
7
4
2
1
3
4
1
2
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
17
19
18
16
15
16
15
16
17
17
17
15
15
13
12
14
17
18
17
15
Feels °C
16
15
13
12
14
17
17
14
12
13
11
12
12
14
13
12
9
7
8
10
13
13
12
12
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