Ardmore Surf Forecast

/ Waterford (7 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (51.95° N 7.78° W)

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Ardmore surfForecast / Waterford / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 IST

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Ardmore surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ardmore sea temperature is 15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ardmore today?

The current surf forecast for Ardmore at 7AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	7s
Evening (18 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	8s

Table - waves today at Ardmore. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1302	765	794	690	337	335	523	720	811	912	823	680	539	415	300	260	206	176	132	93	62	44	42	42
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:27AM 2.94					4:01PM 3.21				4:26AM 3.17				4:52PM 3.44				5:10AM 3.41				5:33PM 3.64
Low Tide / height (m)	9:31PM 1.01				9:56AM 0.87					10:32PM 0.79				10:51AM 0.62				11:19PM 0.57				11:34AM 0.40

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	1	1	5
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	10	11	11	13	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	10	11	10	7	7	6	4	3	4

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Waterford

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ardmore (calm at Roches Point 36 km from Ardmore). 2.3m 11s groundswell from the SW with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 3 minutes ago Ardmore

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36 km away, 2 h 3 min ago

4 km/h

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15.2

Air / Water (°C)

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