Perfect Wave surfForecast / Waterford / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 IST
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Perfect Wave surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Perfect Wave sea temperature is
10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Perfect Wave today?

The current surf forecast for Perfect Wave at 4PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
WSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1
SE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.7
SE
2.2
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101066109916161615151519191957777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22616334011576191032292525255582137373755116108268479
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
3.89
7:21AM
3.92
7:40PM
3.92
8:03AM
3.82
8:23PM
3.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
-0.07
1:21AM
-0.16
1:42PM
-0.08
2:04AM
-0.11
2:24PM
0.01
2:50AM
0.06
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:22-------6:20
Sunset---8:30-------8:31-------8:34----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C912121210887810109877691010109998
Feels °C (?)587764445766533145554321
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