Inch Strand surf break

Inch Strand surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Inch Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Inch Strand at 2AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s 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 (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
3.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
WSW
1.8
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
WSW
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.5
W
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)12111111101099999910999109998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4041307414091672698147613311224118710699659715986855884609437185623392071127037
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
40
NNE
50
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
2.82
3:21PM
3.04
3:56AM
3.03
4:06PM
3.24
4:36AM
3.20
4:44PM
3.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49PM
0.73
9:10AM
0.85
9:39PM
0.50
9:54AM
0.65
10:19PM
0.32
10:31AM
0.48
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:20---
Sunset-------7:49-------7:45-------7:44
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
--11522111----------271316
Temp. °C131212131517171717151413131415141313121211101111
Feels °C (?)11101012131515151413131212121313131311107441
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kerry

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Inch Strand (light winds from the SSW at ValentiaObservatory(3953 -1) 28 km from Inch Strand). A 3.4m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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28 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

11 km/h
SSW
0.0
15.8
Air / Water (°C)
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