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Long Strand-Castlefreke surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 08 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
10.0° 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 7PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
1
S
1.5
S
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)8161010101010111112141212121211111110108456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26258128940430415794185192538325297209174145949261602435121310
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
40
NE
45
NNW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
S
25
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
3.25
8:43PM
3.08
9:08AM
3.04
9:30PM
2.88
9:56AM
2.82
10:21PM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.49
3:05AM
0.53
3:31PM
0.67
3:52AM
0.73
4:20PM
0.85
4:45AM
0.90
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise8:38-------8:38-------8:37-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:45-------4:46-----
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
59182-1----1-------------
Temp. °C6535566656766777789999910
Feels °C (?)0-4-7-3-2-2-1-2-2-3-1-1-2000246521-10
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