Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
8.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portballintrae today?

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 12AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (22 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
!
2
3
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)151515141414131314141413131313131313131312121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302329062614224719291528158421263397332527602511230521541969177816681482113711091043117715473827
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05PM
2.08
8:36AM
2.23
8:45PM
1.98
9:26AM
2.03
9:31PM
1.83
10:27AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
0.33
2:08AM
0.27
2:33PM
0.44
2:55AM
0.44
3:18PM
0.62
3:53AM
0.65
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:24-------6:22-------6:18-
Sunset-6:39-------6:42-------6:44------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------12--
Temp. °C1212988878887755579101011111088
Feels °C (?)1010654423121311-10222240-1-2
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