Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 26 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
8.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portballintrae today?

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 10PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 26). 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 (26 Mar)--
Afternoon (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
2.1
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121211111011132019181817171616141414141313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7475333893824505721565933513476127361309113423138951210110393981683706291433529951951118910221572
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
35
W
35
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
45
W
45
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
35
NW
20
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
1.53
3:03AM
1.70
3:19PM
1.56
4:02AM
1.83
4:15PM
1.62
4:46AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
1.08
9:32AM
0.77
9:02PM
1.02
10:36AM
0.68
9:45PM
0.90
11:23AM
0.60
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise------6:11-------6:09-------6:05-
Sunset-6:50-------6:52-------6:53------
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--1---1-11112111-----12
Temp. °C679887767665656667765669
Feels °C (?)0243321-3-2-3-4-5-5-6-5-5-5-211-1-2-30
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