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Ownachincha surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 IST
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Ownachincha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ownachincha sea temperature is
9.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ownachincha today?

The current surf forecast for Ownachincha at 2PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Afternoon (28 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (28 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Ownachincha. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
1
0
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
2
0
1
2
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.2
SSW
2.2
SSE
2.5
SSE
2
S
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
4.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1811101010108810777111116171717171616151517
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5891293124711601079755473371298499657447572749104687723542822301561119910408637301207
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
E
25
SSW
20
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
45
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
W
15
W
15
W
5
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
2.72
1:10AM
2.79
1:49PM
2.80
2:24AM
2.94
2:57PM
2.97
3:26AM
3.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.84
7:01PM
0.85
7:45AM
0.78
8:19PM
0.74
8:57AM
0.62
9:25PM
0.55
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise8:21-------8:18-------8:18-------
Sunset--5:16-------5:17-------5:20-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11122--1-251111---1---13
Temp. °C999888889998888889776777
Feels °C (?)111122343043211455121424
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