
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ballycotton today (05 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 9PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 13s |
| Evening (05 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Ballycotton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 16 | WSW 10 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 11 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 188 | 132 | 41 | 690 | 208 | 444 | 388 | 666 | 13 | 157 | 319 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 00:36AM2.91m | 1:20PM2.98m | 2:06AM2.90m | 2:49PM3.10m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:39PM1.02m | 7:20AM1.07m | 8:13PM1.03m | 8:49AM0.96m | 9:34PM0.85m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 8:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | |
mm | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 7 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SE 5 | WSW 8 | SW 6 | SW 14 | SW 13 | S 5 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SW 6 | SSW 12 |
12 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 46 | 208 | 444 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 100 | 13 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | WSW 7 | W 9 | WSW 10 | SSW 13 | — | — | — | — | SSW 13 | SE 5 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SE 5 | — | — | — | WSW 12 | SSW 12 |
35 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 16 | 86 | 85 | 3 | — | — | — | 121 | 13 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 18 | SW 16 | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | — | — | — | SSW 12 | — |
4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 41 | 13 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | WSW 10 | SW 5 | — | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 11 |
5 | 25 | 52 | 87 | 84 | 106 | 141 | 192 | 188 | 132 | 70 | 690 | 28 | — | 388 | 666 | 185 | 157 | 319 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 136 | 136 | 136 | 136 | 255 | 265 | 274 | 258 | 448 | 255 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 300 | 455 | 138 | 0 |
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