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Long Strand-Castlefreke surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 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
9.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Long Strand-Castlefreke at 12PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.8
S
2.2
SSW
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.1
SW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)7888810101112109109881299999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515517491766158316011810203119131153515973498432334318351304262189160162201202
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
55
S
60
SSW
55
SW
55
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
2.63
11:20PM
2.56
11:53AM
2.49
12:27AM
2.49
1:01PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
0.90
5:14PM
0.99
5:45AM
1.02
6:16PM
1.07
6:51AM
1.07
7:21PM
1.07
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise--8:37-------8:37-------8:36-----
Sunset----4:49-------4:50-------4:52---
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--422---1111---1-------
Temp. °C1011111212111010101010101010101077688667
Feels °C (?)154210-112332233313021112
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