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Long Strand-Castlefreke surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 29 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
9.4° 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 11AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (29 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (29 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
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)
!
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0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
2.2
SSE
1.8
S
1.3
SE
1.7
SSW
2
S
6.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1088777111016181717161616151516161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4083883624983481526438672146485096729467617561441313712881238120813391322829508384223
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
S
25
S
40
SSE
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
30
SSE
20
WNW
30
W
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
15
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
2.80
2:24AM
2.94
2:57PM
2.97
3:26AM
3.16
3:54PM
3.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
0.78
8:19PM
0.74
8:57AM
0.62
9:25PM
0.55
9:57AM
0.42
10:20PM
0.35
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--8:18-------8:18-------8:15-----
Sunset----5:17-------5:20-------5:22---
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light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-1511151---1--------1-
Temp. °C8899998888898888788910988
Feels °C (?)553043323111013544456432
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