Cornish Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Cornish Reef in County Clare is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the east. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west. A left hand reef. Best around mid tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Take care of rocks and rips.

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Overall Cornish Reef Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Cornish Reef:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Shit Creek	0 mi
Second closest break	Lahinch Left	1 mi
Third closest break	Cregg Beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Lahinch Strand	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Green Point	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Cornish Reef:
Closest wave buoy	M3 Mizen Head Buoy	127 mi
Second closest wave buoy	M4 Donegal Bay Buoy	147 mi
Third closest wave buoy	K4 Buoy	167 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	169 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	203 mi
Tide stations nearest to Cornish Reef:
Closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland	193 mi
Second closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.	193 mi
Third closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland	195 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.ht	195 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	195 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Cornish Reef:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	278 mi
Second closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	313 mi
Third closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	315 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	316 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	320 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Cornish Reef:
Closest city location	Inis (Ireland)	17 mi
Second closest city location	Cill Rois (Ireland)	19 mi
Third closest city location	Newmarket on Fergus (Ireland)	22 mi
Fourth closest city location	Foynes (Ireland)	24 mi
Fifth closest city location	Shannon Airport (Ireland)	24 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Cornish Reef is Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland, 38 km (24 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Cornish Reef is Galway Airport (GWY), also in Ireland, 53 km (33 miles) away.
• Third is Kerry Airport (KIR) in Ireland, 81 km (50 miles) away.
• Connaught Airport (NOC) in Ireland is 118 km (73 miles) away.
• Cork Airport (ORK), also in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Cornish Reef and is 133 km (83 miles) away.