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Portballintrae surf break

Portballintrae surfForecast / Antrim / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 18 Jan 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
9.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Portballintrae today?

The current surf forecast for Portballintrae at 6AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 18). 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 (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)19s
Afternoon (19 Jan)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (19 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
NW
0.8
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1099201917161616161616151515151414141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)311616705041882220121732008200820082119175314151059940752742548406400290264255
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
30
SE
40
ESE
45
ESE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
20
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.88
7:04AM
2.21
7:18PM
1.92
7:33AM
2.26
7:47PM
1.94
8:07AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.71
1:13PM
0.87
1:12AM
0.62
1:42PM
0.79
1:41AM
0.56
2:15PM
0.73
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----8:37-------8:37-------8:36---
Sunset------4:35-------4:36-------4:37-
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C656777777744677887766777
Feels °C (?)0-2012220-10-2-1-1-2-3-2-2-3-2-10021
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