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Long Strand-Castlefreke surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 26 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
9.6° 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: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Afternoon (26 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (26 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
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
!
2
!
0
1
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
SSW
1.5
S
2.4
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.2
SSE
1.5
S
1.2
S
0.9
WSW
2.1
SSE
3.5
W
3.5
SSE
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
S
Period(s) (?)95788788167151113131211101010101191010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15812052240932814327716836237847392917326720492139165816911782208924542910170237463031
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
40
S
50
SSE
15
W
5
SSE
10
ENE
20
N
35
NNE
25
ESE
45
SE
50
WSW
80
W
60
WSW
45
WSW
30
SSW
45
S
45
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
50
SE
50
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
2.92
10:39PM
2.85
11:14AM
2.78
11:51PM
2.76
12:31PM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
0.67
4:29PM
0.76
5:03AM
0.79
5:40PM
0.85
6:23AM
0.84
7:01PM
0.85
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
Sunrise--8:22-------8:22-------8:19-----
Sunset----5:13-------5:15-------5:16---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-231----62-21--112213222
Temp. °C9891098779966788879998888
Feels °C (?)3-1-16752-130-5-11-7-20-2-300-2-3113
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