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Ballyhiernan Bay Surf Photo: 'Ballyhiernan' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 55.25° N 7.71° W

Issued: 6 am 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ballyhiernan Bay sea temperature is

13.9° C

1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	SSE		W	NNW
	11 s	off		11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ENE		W	N
	10 s	glass		10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 June at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	E	E	W	N
	10 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	ESE	E	W	N
	10 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 June at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SE	ESE	W	N
	10 s	off	4 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SE	SE	W	N
	10 s	off	4 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	S	SSE	WSW	N
	9 s	off	4 s	9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	SSW	SW	W	N
	9 s	cross- off	8 s	9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	SW	N	NW
	9 s	cross- off	9 s	9 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	WSW	N	NW
	12 s	cross- off	12 s	9 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	WSW	N
	11 s	cross- off	11 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	WSW
	11 s	cross- off	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 June at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	WSW
	11 s	cross- off	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 June at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW	WSW
	11 s	cross- off	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 June at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 June at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	W	W
	10 s	cross	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 June at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	W	W
	10 s	cross	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Ballyhiernan Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 22 minutes before low water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.1m (3.7 ft). Range 4.30m (14.1 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Ballyhiernan Bay Surf Photo: 'Ballyhiernan' by Rob Davies

Ballyhiernan Bay - home to the Adventure One Surf School. Very windy and only waist high waves when I took this photo.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: Ireland (378 photos)

Photo taken at: 12:13 pm 5 Jun 2015