Ballycastle, UK
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About Ballycastle
Ballycastle is a town in Moyle District Council, United Kingdom. From Ballycastle you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Ballycastle Beach, a surf spot 1 km from the centre. Overture lists 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 3 of them campsites. The nearest airport is CAL, 44 km away.
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Staying in Ballycastle
- 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 3 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: CAL, 44 km, ILY, 54 km, Belfast International Airport (BFS), 60 km
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Ballycastle.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.
Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.
| Spot | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
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| Ballycastle Beach1 kmabout 5 min by car | 5 ft568 kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, too small | 5 ft500 kJwind from the south-east, 10 knots, offshore, fair | 6 ft544 kJwind from the north-west, 5 knots, poor | 5 ft359 kJwind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, offshore, fair | 1 ft21 kJwind from the north-west, 23 knots, too small | 8 ft977 kJwind from the south-south-west, 10 knots, offshore, good | 12 ft2892 kJwind from the west-south-west, 18 knots, poor |
All readings for Ballycastle Beach: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Ballycastle, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).
Places to eat near Ballycastle
- The Cellar RestaurantSeafood · in the centreFood hygiene 5 of 5, Aug 2025
- AnzacRestaurantBritish · 0.1 km from the centre
- Golden ChipFish and chips · 0.1 km from the centreFood hygiene 5 of 5, Jun 2026
- The Flash in the PanFish and chips · 0.2 km from the centre
- Thirty Nine Steak and Seafood RestaurantSteakhouse · 0.2 km from the centre
- Brannigans BallycastleFish and chips · 0.6 km from the centreFood hygiene 4 of 5, Jun 2025
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation; food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency (Open Government Licence). Credits