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Long Strand-Castlefreke surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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 12AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 26). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)--
Afternoon (27 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (27 Jan)5ft (1.6m)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
Thursday
29
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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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 (?)
1.5
SSE
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.3
SSE
0.9
WSW
4
SSE
4
SSE
5
SSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
2.2
W
2.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)7888169912141318111111111189999989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)228373334207357212526776283487332633247140013631326140514891595240521431291880724534253
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
0
ESE
20
NNE
35
NNE
55
SE
50
SE
40
SSE
45
WSW
75
W
50
WSW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
50
ESE
50
S
35
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
20
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
2.85
11:14AM
2.78
11:51PM
2.76
12:31PM
2.72
1:10AM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
0.76
5:03AM
0.79
5:40PM
0.85
6:23AM
0.84
7:01PM
0.85
7:45AM
0.78
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------8:22-------8:19-------8:18-
Sunset5:13-------5:15-------5:16-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9877117776788888998888989
Feels °C (?)672-10-4-2-3-10-5-1-100-1-1-1-3-302232
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