Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ballycotton today (30 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 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 10PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (30 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (30 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Ballycotton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | WSW 9 | SW 8 | SSW 7 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | SSW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | S 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 300 | 629 | 214 | 124 | 260 | 287 | 181 | 65 | 36 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 26 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:39PM3.90m | 7:54AM3.84m | 8:14PM3.88m | 8:30AM3.80m | 8:51PM3.77m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:44PM0.10m | 2:04AM0.18m | 2:19PM0.12m | 2:38AM0.24m | 2:55PM0.22m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:20 | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
Feels °C | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 8 | SW 8 | SSW 7 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | SSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | W 9 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | — | 187 | 214 | 124 | 260 | 287 | 181 | 65 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 26 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 7 | S 7 | SW 11 | — | — | — | SSW 7 | SW 10 | S 19 | S 19 | S 18 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | W 8 | S 11 |
| kJ | — | 72 | 59 | 115 | — | — | — | 29 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 19 | — | S 19 | — | S 10 | — | — | — | — | S 12 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | WSW 9 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 3 | W 3 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 |
| kJ | 300 | 629 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 47 | 53 | 66 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 272 | 0 | 246 | 230 | 263 | 706 | 787 | 347 | 230 | 62 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 166 | 166 | 135 | 137 |
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