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Ballycotton surf break

Ballycotton surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 IST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Ballycotton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballycotton sea temperature is
9.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballycotton today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycotton at 4PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)19s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)19181817178878888888878888587
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2462832732611922022574005636445894714143593102327657435945432019
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
5
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
SE
20
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
2.90
3:35AM
3.03
3:57PM
3.06
4:21AM
3.20
4:39PM
3.22
5:01AM
3.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
1.10
9:33PM
1.00
10:01AM
0.95
10:20PM
0.83
10:45AM
0.78
11:02PM
0.64
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise8:32-------8:30-------8:30-------
Sunset--4:50-------4:51-------4:52-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-111121222-12111---
Temp. °C788877777887776558987876
Feels °C (?)455431111233343114643322
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