Ballycotton Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.84° N 8.02° W

Ballycotton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
16.3°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 (14 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 4AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (14 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
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
0
0
1
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
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
5
0.2
WSW
8
0.1
SW
12
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
1.4
SW
6
0.9
WSW
7
1.1
SW
6
0.1
S
12
0.9
SW
6
0.9
SW
7
1.7
WSW
8
0.9
SW
9
0.7
SW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.4
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
0.4
SW
6
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
6
6
7
7
14
14
152
73
93
3
66
65
398
118
98
64
48
13
11
10
4
4
4
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-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
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:52AM3.92m
8:11PM3.84m
8:28AM3.77m
8:47PM3.62m
9:04AM3.56m
9:23PM3.35m
Low Tide
2:00AM0.11m
2:17PM0.11m
2:33AM0.26m
2:51PM0.31m
3:06AM0.47m
3:26PM0.57m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:05
7:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:50
7:47
7:45
 mm
3
Temp °C
17
17
16
16
17
18
17
17
15
14
12
14
17
18
15
13
12
12
11
13
15
16
16
14
Feels °C
17
17
14
13
14
15
13
14
12
10
8
10
12
13
10
8
7
8
8
8
10
12
12
10
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ballycotton surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest