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6:25 am 30 May 2012


Long Strand-Castlefreke ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.7
Consistency of surf: 2.7
Difficulty level: 3.3
Wind and kite surfing: 3.0
Crowds: 2.7

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Long Strand-Castlefreke Surf Forecast / Ireland

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 17 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Long Strand-Castlefreke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.8
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Max-energy 166 101 90 344 105 686 1786 431 439 402 145 47 25 14 45 68 540 192
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Long Strand-Castlefreke blow from the NE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Long Strand-Castlefreke sea temperature is 13.2 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 13.1 max: 14.7 min: 11.3 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue morning, strong winds from the ESE by Thu morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Thu night, light winds from the SSE by Sat night).
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Summary some clouds rain shwrs some clouds rain shwrs heavy rain rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear rain shwrs light rain rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds
Rain (mm) - 2 - 1 14 1 5 - - - - - - 3 5 1 8 -
High °C 16 13 14 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 11 14 14 12 13 14 13 15
Low °C 15 12 14 13 12 13 13 10 12 13 9 13 14 11 12 13 10 13
Chill °C (?) 15 12 13 14 12 11 12 10 10 10 8 13 13 11 13 13 12 13
Sunrise - - 4:20 - - 4:20 - - 4:18 - - 4:18 - - 4:18 - - 4:18
Sunset 20:47 - - 20:49 - - 20:50 - - 20:50 - - 20:51 - - 20:52 - -
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