Sandy Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Ireland – County Kerry)
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Sandy Bay Spot ID: Type: beach Reliability: fairly consistent Best: Swell NNW | Wind W Sea Temperature Today is: 10.7 °C |
Monday, 20 May 2013, 09:31 Local time
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Sandy Bay in County Kerry is a sheltered beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the north northwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up.
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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs |
Tide Times:For Talbert Island, River Shannon, Ireland, 54 miles from Sandy Bay.
Sandy Bay Tide Times and Tide Chart Live Weather:At Valentia Observatory, 44 km from Sandy Bay.
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Overall Sandy Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May
The rose diagram illustrates the range of swells directed at Sandy Bay through a typica... (show all text) 
This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different dire... (show all text) The two graphs above are also combined in the single Sandy Bay surf consistency graph. Also see Sandy Bay surf quality by season and Sandy Bay surf quality by month. |
Sandy Bay Location Maps
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Use this relief map to navigate to County Kerry surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Sandy Bay
Visitor Reviews of Sandy Bay |
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Sandy Bay:(click location name for more details) |
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| Closest break | Scraggane Bay | 1 mi |
| Second closest break | Dumps | 1 mi |
| Third closest break | Mossies | 1 mi |
| Fourth closest break | Stoney Gap | 1 mi |
| Fifth closest break | Garywilliam Point | 2 mi |
Wave buoys nearest to Sandy Bay: |
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| Closest wave buoy | M3 Mizen Head Buoy | 78 mi |
| Second closest wave buoy | K2 Buoy | 167 mi |
| Third closest wave buoy | K4 Buoy | 183 mi |
| Fourth closest wave buoy | M4 Donegal Bay Buoy | 187 mi |
| Fifth closest wave buoy | M2 Lambay Buoy | 209 mi |
Tide stations nearest to Sandy Bay: |
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| Closest tide station | Talbert Island, River Shannon | 34 mi |
| Second closest tide station | Cobh | 80 mi |
| Third closest tide station | Dublin | 175 mi |
| Fourth closest tide station | Fishguard | 214 mi |
| Fifth closest tide station | Londonderry | 217 mi |
Ski Resorts closest to Sandy Bay: |
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| Closest ski area | Raise (United Kingdom) | 322 mi |
| Second closest ski area | Yad Moss (United Kingdom) | 357 mi |
| Third closest ski area | Harwood Common (United Kingdom) | 359 mi |
| Fourth closest ski area | Allenheads (United Kingdom) | 364 mi |
| Fifth closest ski area | Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom) | 364 mi |
Town and city forecasts close to Sandy Bay: |
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| Closest city location | Limerick (Ireland) | 64 mi |
| Second closest city location | Cork (Ireland) | 71 mi |
| Third closest city location | Galway (Ireland) | 78 mi |
| Fourth closest city location | Waterford (Ireland) | 122 mi |
| Fifth closest city location | Tallaght (Ireland) | 167 mi |
- The closest passenger airport to Sandy Bay is Kerry Airport (KIR) in Ireland, 36 km (22 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Sandy Bay is Shannon Airport (SNN), also in Ireland, 86 km (53 miles) away.
- Third is Cork Airport (ORK) in Ireland, 116 km (72 miles) away.
- Galway Airport (GWY) in Ireland is 133 km (83 miles) away.
- Connaught Airport (NOC), also in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Sandy Bay and is 196 km (122 miles) away.
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