Surf-Forecast | Fanore Surf Guide

Lat Long: 53.12° N 9.29° W

Issued: 11 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fanore sea temperature is

12.8°C

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

Photo by: Milan Gruenfeld

Fanore Surf Guide

Fanore in Clare is a quite exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the east. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around mid tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Take care of rocks and rips.

Fanore Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	12.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Fanore:

The best conditions reported for surf at Fanore occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Fanore Location Map

Interactive Fanore surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Fanore is Galway Airport (GWY) in Ireland, 31 km (19 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Fanore is Shannon Airport (SNN), also in Ireland, 52 km (32 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Fanore Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 19:03 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 04			Thu
ft, °F	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Wave (m)	W	W	W	W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off

What does Fanore look like?

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Tides at Fanore

Current tide and informaton

For Fanore, 0 km from Fanore.

Next High Water: 02:03am | 3.8m

Next Low Water: 07:53pm | 0.77m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Fanore Sea Temperature

The water temperature (12.8 °C) at Fanore is fairly cold. Surfers will need a quality steamer wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots because it will be cloudy with an effective air temperature of (7.0 °C).

Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.