Ballycastle Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Ballycastle Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at — and sunset is at —.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Fri night, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Sat morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon night, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sun night, calm by Tue afternoon).

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Sat night, min 5°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
5
Saturday
6
Sunday
7
Monday
8
Tuesday
9
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
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night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:56AM0.50m
6:03PM0.41m
6:29AM0.55m
3:22PM0.36m
7:06AM0.58m
3:31PM0.37m
7:48AM0.60m
3:48PM0.41m
8:38AM0.59m
4:04PM0.46m
9:43AM0.56m
3:47PM0.49m
12:58PM0.54m
2:37PM0.54m
10:58AM0.47m
3:19PM0.52m
11:29AM0.44m
3:50PM0.48m
5:07AM0.29m
12:16PM0.42m
11:52PM0.31m
1:20PM0.41m
Low Tide
10:19PM0.16m
10:43AM0.17m
10:43PM0.13m
11:32AM0.21m
11:09PM0.09m
12:19PM0.28m
11:35PM0.04m
1:05PM0.36m
00:02AM-0.00m
1:54PM0.43m
00:26AM-0.02m
3:22PM0.49m
00:44AM-0.01m
00:55AM0.03m
1:09AM0.08m
11:36AM0.46m
1:27AM0.15m
12:38PM0.44m
1:45AM0.23m
7:10AM0.27m
1:33PM0.42m
8:59PM0.27m
8:27AM0.28m
2:28PM0.41m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
1.1
NW
17
1.1
NW
16
1.8
ESE
6
0.8
NW
10
0.5
NW
15
0.6
NW
18
0.6
NW
16
0.6
WNW
15
0.8
ESE
5
0.9
W
4
0.6
NW
21
0.8
NW
18
0.8
NW
17
0.8
NW
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.5
NW
14
0.4
WNW
13
0.7
W
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.9
SE
6
0.8
NW
21
0.8
NW
19
0.8
NW
17
0.5
W
7
0.6
SW
4
0.4
N
8
0.5
SW
3
0.7
WSW
3
0.7
WSW
4
0.7
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.5
NW
7
0.6
SSW
4
0.8
W
4
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
mod rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
mod rain
part cloud
some clouds
cloudy
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
light rain
heavy rain
some clouds
clear
some clouds
mod rain
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
rain shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
cloudy
mod rain
some clouds
 km/h
15
SSE
20
SE
55
SE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
25
SE
20
SSE
25
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SE
20
S
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
S
30
SSE
30
SW
 mm 
9
3
1
1
3
13
8
1
4
2
1
8
max°C
6
8
9
10
8
9
10
10
10
10
9
9
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
8
8
8
9
6
Moonrise
3:33
4:47
6:20
7:57
9:29
10:54
12:15
1:33
2:49
4:07
5:25
Moonset
10:02
11:09
11:48
12:11
12:25
12:34
12:41
12:47
12:52
12:59
1:06
1:17
Sunrise
8:33
8:33
8:34
8:37
8:37
8:38
8:40
8:41
8:42
8:44
8:44
8:45
Sunset
3:56
3:56
3:56
3:56
3:56
3:55
3:55
3:55
3:55
3:55
3:55
3:55
Today's sea temperature in Ballycastle is
12.0° C
(Statistics for 04 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 10.4 max: 11.5 min: 9.2°C)
Issued (local time): 11 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025
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