Inchydoney surf break

Inchydoney surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 IST
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Inchydoney surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Inchydoney sea temperature is
9.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Inchydoney today?

The current surf forecast for Inchydoney at 1PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)78151515151414141313121212111110101010109105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)372459666816132883311307991135536444314278195123997168654636353657
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
E
15
S
10
S
10
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossonononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
2.83
4:09AM
2.97
4:28PM
2.98
4:48AM
3.12
5:06PM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
0.83
10:05PM
0.74
10:30AM
0.68
10:47PM
0.59
11:09AM
0.55
11:25PM
0.46
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:33-------8:33-------8:32-----
Sunset----4:55-------4:57-------4:59---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
122111-----------------1
Temp. °C888998776546866667799888
Feels °C (?)1122343520-10312224344444
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