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Inch Strand surf break

Inch Strand surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 14 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
9.1° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 5AM is: 5.0m 18s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)18ft (5.5m)17s
Afternoon (15 Jan)16ft (5.0m)16s
Evening (15 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
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4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)101119181717161616161615151515151414141313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2299263713479176481667515270126671266710642948192438973105611225011140925072896326490637512943213917801389
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
2.66
2:43PM
2.64
3:01AM
2.82
3:28PM
2.79
3:42AM
2.99
4:07PM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
1.07
8:28AM
0.96
8:44PM
0.94
9:13AM
0.79
9:26PM
0.80
9:52AM
0.62
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----8:41-------8:40-------8:40---
Sunset------4:55-------4:58-------4:59-
rain showers
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11----1211111-----------
Temp. °C877768876655689765566777
Feels °C (?)322434432211245432232444
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