Inch (Whitegate) Surf Forecast

/ Cork (12 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (51.79° N 8.18° W)

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Inch (Whitegate) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 IST

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Inch (Whitegate) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Inch (Whitegate) sea temperature is 15.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inch (Whitegate) today?

The current surf forecast for Inch (Whitegate) at 5PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SW	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	34	32	57	24	80	407	789	699	471	324	265	530	186	1578	371	415	365	407	382	293	285	465	119	81
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:48PM 3.42					1:21AM 3.29				1:57PM 3.45				2:29AM 3.35				3:03PM 3.56				3:31AM 3.51
Low Tide / height (m)					7:23PM 1.57				7:45AM 1.56				8:31PM 1.55				8:54AM 1.48				9:35PM 1.45

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	4	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	13	15	14	13	14	15	16	17	16	17	16	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	14	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cork

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Long Strand-Castlefreke (light winds from the SSE at Sherkin Island 32 km from Long Strand-Castlefreke). 1.5m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.4m 8s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 25 minutes ago Long Strand-Castlefreke

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