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Inch Strand surf break

Inch Strand surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 IST
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Inch Strand surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Inch Strand sea temperature is
9.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inch Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Inch Strand at 3PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
!
0
1
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
W
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
3
SSW
2.1
W
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
4
W
5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)11111111101014131371010101119181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102769355146739223758072450788389614791883222512253171851687416058133511268311108991792389894
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
S
10
S
20
S
30
S
30
S
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
2.43
1:15AM
2.55
1:47PM
2.50
2:13AM
2.66
2:43PM
2.64
3:01AM
2.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
1.20
6:55PM
1.15
7:35AM
1.11
7:55PM
1.07
8:28AM
0.96
8:44PM
0.94
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise8:42-------8:41-------8:41-------
Sunset--4:52-------4:54-------4:55-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------88111-1--121111
Temp. °C888776678898776668866566
Feels °C (?)322332211243212224422122
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