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Fennels Bay in County Cork is a fairly exposed reef break that has pretty consitent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds are from the west. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the ideal wave direction is from the south southeast. A left hand reef break. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Take care of rocks in the line up.

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Overall Fennels Bay 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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Also see Fennels Bay surf quality by season and Fennels Bay surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Fennels Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Oysterhaven	8 mi
Second closest break	Ballycotton	13 mi
Third closest break	Garrettstown	16 mi
Fourth closest break	Dunworley	23 mi
Fifth closest break	Ardmore	26 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Fennels Bay:
Closest wave buoy	M3 Mizen Head Buoy	104 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	138 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	149 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Aberporth Buoy	167 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	170 mi
Tide stations nearest to Fennels Bay:
Closest tide station	Milford Haven, Wales	139 mi
Second closest tide station	Milford Haven, Wales	140 mi
Third closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	142 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	142 mi
Fifth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	154 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Fennels Bay:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	286 mi
Second closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	321 mi
Third closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	323 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)	326 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	328 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Fennels Bay:
Closest city location	Carrigaline (Ireland)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Cobh (Ireland)	7 mi
Third closest city location	Passage West (Ireland)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	Cork Airport (Ireland)	10 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kinsale (Ireland)	10 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Fennels Bay is Cork Airport (ORK) in Ireland, 16 km (10 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Fennels Bay is Kerry Airport (KIR), also in Ireland, 96 km (60 miles) away.
• Third is Waterford Airport (WAT) in Ireland, 96 km (60 miles) away.
• Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland is 114 km (71 miles) away.
• Galway Airport (GWY), also in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Fennels Bay and is 177 km (110 miles) away.