Castlerock Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.17° N 6.78° W

Castlerock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Castlerock sea temperature is
14.5°C
1.5° 

Castlerock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Castlerock today (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Castlerock at 12AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Fri night, light winds from the SSW by Sun morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NW
11
0.8
NW
11
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
2
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
11
3
NW
12
3.5
NW
12
3.5
NW
13
3.5
NW
13
3.5
NW
13
3.5
NW
13
3
NW
13
3
NW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
220
159
161
161
196
495
422
512
629
735
1439
2375
3010
3751
4584
4418
3932
3038
2475
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
40
W
45
W
40
W
50
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:37PM1.91m
5:53AM1.59m
6:11PM1.96m
6:26AM1.68m
6:43PM1.95m
Low Tide
00:13AM0.13m
12:02PM0.08m
00:42AM0.08m
12:36PM0.04m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
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7:45
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6:45
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6:44
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6:40
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 mm
6
4
2
5
2
2
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1
1
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1
1
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1
1
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Temp °C
9
12
14
14
15
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
Feels °C
4
6
10
11
10
6
5
3
3
2
1
1
-1
-1
1
1
2
3
3
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