Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 BST
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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
8.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portballintrae today?

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 10AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)111112131515151515151414141414141414161716151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36628537998726464585485141313466295327042232183816021163924976111029364157269716261048902
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
WSW
25
W
30
W
40
W
50
WNW
35
W
25
W
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
55
SE
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
1.31
2:36AM
1.56
3:42PM
1.33
3:39AM
1.61
4:42PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
1.07
7:53PM
1.09
9:20AM
1.04
9:21PM
1.06
10:26AM
0.96
10:16PM
0.98
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:37-------6:35-------6:33------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:20-------8:22--
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-111141------144------1-
Temp. °C997774664357755432478766
Feels °C (?)551-1-3-7-3-2-1-2-2-2-2-5-7-2-5-6-5-1-1-3-2-3
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