Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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 1PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
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!
!
!
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2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2.3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
Period(s) (?)151415151515151414141413141414131313141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168419562341277730232906261422471929152814011749271931862719278229312975281528222390196813391185
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
WSW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
2.35
8:05PM
2.08
8:36AM
2.23
8:45PM
1.98
9:26AM
2.03
9:31PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
0.19
1:53PM
0.33
2:08AM
0.27
2:33PM
0.44
2:55AM
0.44
3:18PM
0.62
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--6:26-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset-----6:39-------6:42-------6:44--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C877101212998899887765589101112
Feels °C (?)43471010654453111220011344
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