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Ballycastle surf Forecast / Antrim / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Apr 2024 BST
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Ballycastle surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballycastle sea temperature is 8.9°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 8.5 °C max: 9.4 °C min: 7.2 °C)
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Ballycastle surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballycastle sea temperature is 8.9°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 8.5 °C max: 9.4 °C min: 7.2 °C)


How big are the waves at Ballycastle today?

The current surf forecast for Ballycastle at 9AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.1
W
0.3
NW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
NW
0.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)8899789101099999998888887777796888871010410111145555567777776666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)140143181243378635880828876767651468376304210164120100646240372725121211810273445261423232225121717399212414911368838585114977551341612
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
25
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
20
N
25
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassglassononononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.59
6:06PM
0.26
5:45AM
0.60
5:54PM
0.28
5:54AM
0.61
5:33PM
0.31
5:54AM
0.61
5:09PM
0.36
5:54AM
0.61
5:21PM
0.41
6:01AM
0.60
5:45PM
0.47
6:14AM
0.58
6:12PM
0.51
6:27AM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25PM
0.16
8:53PM
0.21
2:44PM
0.22
9:40PM
0.16
11:55AM
0.26
10:15PM
0.12
11:46AM
0.23
10:42PM
0.10
11:50AM
0.21
11:06PM
0.09
11:53AM
0.18
11:29PM
0.09
11:58AM
0.15
11:53PM
0.10
12:10PM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07-------6:05-------6:03-------6:01-------5:58-------5:56--
Sunset-----8:36-------8:37-------8:39-------8:42-------8:44-------8:45-------8:47------
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Rain (mm)
---121-----------------------------1------------------------
Temp. °C55789999899988766678998888910119888888999898910101098767788876678
Feels °C (?)10111211-1233233233456666567785566676755365677786325322210-102

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