Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
17.4°C
0.8° 

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 (25 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 12AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)--
Afternoon (25 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (25 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ESE
6
1.4
SE
7
1.2
SE
6
0.8
SE
7
0.3
SSW
13
0.8
E
5
1
E
5
1
E
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.8
ESE
5
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
SSW
8
0.4
SSW
8
0.4
SSW
7
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
173
123
54
34
34
49
52
45
43
33
33
33
33
20
19
18
14
14
Wind (km/h)
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
SE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
3:57PM2.87m
4:21AM2.91m
4:46PM3.09m
5:04AM3.14m
5:26PM3.33m
Low Tide
10:23PM1.09m
10:43AM0.94m
11:09PM0.87m
11:25AM0.69m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:37
8:35
8:32
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
13
15
18
18
18
16
Feels °C
13
14
14
13
15
13
12
12
14
13
13
13
14
12
15
17
16
17
15
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