Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 GMT
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Portballintrae surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Portballintrae sea temperature is
9.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Portballintrae today?

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 3AM is: 0.3m 23s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)18s
Afternoon (15 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)17s
Evening (15 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)17s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
0.3
NW
0.8
NW
1.6
NW
2
NW
2
WNW
2.1
NW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)101023201818171717161616151515151514141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82828349818052429243425122351218917871591128811171102987936796621440362261233164
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
1.84
5:28PM
1.74
5:34AM
1.96
5:59PM
1.79
6:07AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.97
10:46AM
1.08
11:28PM
0.92
11:34AM
1.06
11:57PM
0.86
12:14PM
1.01
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----8:42-------8:41-------8:41---
Sunset------4:27-------4:29-------4:30-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1--1---
Temp. °C764435543334467557777777
Feels °C (?)11-1-1-3010-2-2-2-1-113112112111
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