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Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 20 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
9.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Portballintrae today?

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 12AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131312121212121918161514141312131111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1059869763597548406400290193187149147123243390604683712631454440373180103
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
50
SE
30
SSE
45
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
40
ESE
40
E
40
E
45
ESE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
30
ESE
40
ESE
45
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47PM
1.94
8:07AM
2.29
8:20PM
1.93
8:44AM
2.28
8:57PM
1.88
9:27AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
0.79
1:41AM
0.56
2:15PM
0.73
2:15AM
0.53
2:53PM
0.70
2:53AM
0.55
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------8:36-------8:33-------8:33-
Sunset4:36-------4:37-------4:39-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
324------122----145-----
Temp. °C887776776799998988565677
Feels °C (?)-3-30-3000-2-3-20023232111-1-1-2-3
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