Ballycotton
A productive rock-and-pier mark in East Cork, good for beginners on calm days.
Arriving at this place
- Pin precision
- Representative fishing mark
- Pin meaning
- Ballycotton Harbour shore-angling mark
- Current access
- Not field-confirmed
- Public access point
- No reviewed access coordinate published
- Parking
- No structured parking evidence published
- Public parking point
- No reviewed parking coordinate published
- Walk / terrain
- Not yet measured
- Mobility
- Not yet assessed
- Facilities
- Not field-confirmed
- Phone signal
- Not field-confirmed
- Tide cut-off
- No structured field evidence published
- Escape route
- No structured field evidence published
Published approach: Park near the pier; the rock marks are a short walk east.
Treat the pin as a planning reference, not a guaranteed parking space, legal access point or exact casting position. Confirm signs and local restrictions on arrival.
Conditions near this guide
Cork and adjacent sea areas
The official warning feed could not be confirmed. Forecast copy is withheld until it returns.
No current Cork county or adjacent sea-area warning appears in the official feed.
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Hourly station observation; not quality controlled and not a forecast for a fishing mark.
Regional outlook
Tonight and tomorrow
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Offshore buoy observations
Cork tide gauges
Trend is derived from recent gauge readings. It is not a tide prediction and does not identify the next high or low water.
Fish you'll catch here
How to fish it
Gear & bait
Beginner spinning setupMetal lures
When to go
May–October · Two hours either side of high water
Ballycotton offers easy pier fishing plus rock marks for those comfortable on uneven ground. Evenings in summer are most productive.
Where it is
Map tiles are unavailable offline. Coordinates: 51.8250053, -8.0002543.
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This pin marks Ballycotton Harbour shore-angling mark. The source was reviewed 2026-07-14; an on-site field check has not yet been recorded.Review the map source ↗,Review the information source ↗and confirm current local conditions before travelling.
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Nearby fishing marks
- Ballynamona Beachshore · about 2.3 km away
- Garryvoeshore · about 3.7 km away
- Ballycroneen Beachshore · about 8.0 km away
Closest tackle shop
The Tackle Shop
Cork City · about 34 km away in a straight line
A Cork City tackle shop carrying fishing equipment and bait for sea, game, and coarse anglers.