Portballintrae Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.22° N 6.54° W

Portballintrae 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Portballintrae sea temperature is
15.0°C
1.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Portballintrae today (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 7AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (13 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NW
12
1.4
NW
12
1.3
NW
11
1.2
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.8
NW
10
0.6
NW
9
0.6
NW
9
0.6
WNW
9
0.5
NW
9
0.4
WNW
8
0.5
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
10
0.6
WNW
10
0.6
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
5
1.4
NW
6
1.7
NW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
603
542
389
332
292
200
160
157
108
65
64
53
36
27
66
86
78
90
65
59
208
86
152
268
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
30
S
15
S
20
S
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
8:29AM2.05m
8:45PM2.17m
9:05AM1.98m
9:22PM2.00m
9:43AM1.88m
10:00PM1.81m
Low Tide
2:31AM0.39m
2:13PM0.23m
3:06AM0.48m
2:52PM0.34m
3:43AM0.61m
3:34PM0.53m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:54
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:49
7:46
7:44
 mm
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
12
12
15
17
18
16
15
15
14
16
18
17
18
16
16
14
13
14
14
15
14
13
Feels °C
12
12
11
11
15
16
17
14
13
13
12
13
15
13
17
14
11
10
9
9
9
10
9
7
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