Long Strand-Castlefreke Surf Forecast

/ Cork (12 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (51.56° N 8.97° W)

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Long Strand-Castlefreke surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 IST

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Long Strand-Castlefreke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Long Strand-Castlefreke sea temperature is 15.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Strand-Castlefreke today?

The current surf forecast for Long Strand-Castlefreke at 3AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (19 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

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		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	SW	SW	SW	S	SW	S	SW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	9	9	9	6	9	6	8	6	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	437	346	135	135	97	78	73	37	49	72	50	50	48	44	84	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	39	36
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	S	S	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:07AM 2.92				4:30PM 3.10				4:51AM 3.12				5:11PM 3.26				5:29AM 3.27				5:47PM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)		10:13PM 0.63				10:33AM 0.54				10:58PM 0.46				11:14AM 0.38				11:34PM 0.34				11:49AM 0.27

		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37

Rain (mm)	-	2	4	1	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	14	13	10	9	8	8	10	12	14	13
Feels °C (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	12	11	10	11	12	13	10	2	0	-1	0	2	4	7	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cork

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Long Strand-Castlefreke (light winds from the SSW at Sherkin Island 32 km from Long Strand-Castlefreke). 2.9m 9s swell from the SSW with a 0.8m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 41 minutes ago Long Strand-Castlefreke

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32 km away, 1 h 41 min ago

18 km/h

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15.0

Air / Water (°C)

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