Portballintrae Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.22° N 6.54° W

Portballintrae 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portballintrae sea temperature is
14.5° C
0.2° 

Portballintrae surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Portballintrae today (29 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 10PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)--
Afternoon (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NW
8
0.7
WNW
8
0.6
WNW
8
0.6
WNW
8
0.6
WNW
8
0.7
WNW
7
1.2
WNW
8
1.5
NW
8
1.3
NW
8
1.1
NW
7
0.9
NW
7
0.7
NW
6
0.4
NNW
6
0.4
WNW
6
0.4
WNW
7
0.5
W
7
0.4
WNW
7
0.4
WNW
7
0.4
WNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
69
58
41
39
37
47
171
289
205
134
77
41
15
14
18
25
20
19
19
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:53PM2.07m
8:09AM1.75m
8:21PM2.12m
8:36AM1.78m
8:51PM2.15m
Low Tide
1:34PM0.62m
2:10AM0.77m
2:00PM0.53m
2:35AM0.69m
2:28PM0.47m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:28
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:36
9:34
9:31
 mm
5
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
15
14
12
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
13
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
13
13
12
9
8
7
7
8
9
10
11
9
8
8
10
12
11
9
10
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