Surf forecast · United Kingdom · Northern Ireland
Surf forecast Portrush today
Waves, swell and wind at Portrush (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.
These numbers are more than 7 hours old, so they are hidden. Open the live waves map for the current sea. Open the waves map centred on Portrush
Right now
Big cross-shore.
Portrush surf forecast, next 3 days
- Flat
- Small
- Fun
- Good
- Big
Saturday 24 October
No daylight hours left today: see tomorrow.
Sunday 25 October
Big Best window 16:00–17:00: big, cross-shore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 7.0 m · 11 s ↑WNW | 0.4 m · 10 s ↑N | 75–108 km/h ↑WNW cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 6.6 m · 11 s ↑WNW | 0.5 m · 11 s ↑NNW | 67–95 km/h ↑WNW cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 6.0 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 1.1 m · 10 s ↑NNW | 59–82 km/h ↑WNW cross-shore |
Monday 26 October
Good Best window 10:00–13:00: good, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 2.3 m · 10 s ↑NW | 2.3 m · 8 s ↑NW | 34–44 km/h ↑ESE cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 2.1 m · 9 s ↑NW | 1.5 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 40–53 km/h ↑SSE offshore |
| 15:00 | 1.9 m · 8 s ↑NW | 1.4 m · 8 s ↑NW | 31–42 km/h ↑SSE offshore |
Tuesday 27 October
Big Best window 16:00–17:00: big, cross-shore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 2.0 m · 6 s ↑SW | 1.0 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 46–70 km/h ↑SW cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 2.5 m · 8 s ↑W | 1.2 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 43–63 km/h ↑WSW cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 3.9 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 0.6 m · 14 s ↑WNW | 36–54 km/h ↑WSW cross-shore |
Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.
Forecast for Sat 20:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 19:11 UTC
Waves map around Portrush
Open the waves map centred on Portrush
Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.
More about Portrush
Water temperature in Portrush · Tides in Portrush · Swell map · Wind map
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Questions
- Is there surf at Portrush today?
- Big: waves 3.6 m at 10 s from W, swell 2.5 m · 10 s WNW (Sat 20:00).
- Is the wind offshore at Portrush?
- Wind 65 km/h from SW: cross-shore for a beach facing N.
- When is the best time to surf Portrush today?
- No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.
- How warm is the water at Portrush?
- 13.2 °C
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.
Nearby surf spots
Machrihanish 60 km · Rossnowlagh 125 km · Bundoran (The Peak) 133 km · Mullaghmore 142 km · Strandhill 165 km · Easkey 179 km
How it is computed
Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Portrush, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.