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Perfect Wave surfForecast / Waterford / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 29 Jan 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
9.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Perfect Wave today?

The current surf forecast for Perfect Wave at 7AM is: 4.0m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)20ft (6.0m)17s
Afternoon (30 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (30 Jan)8ft (2.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
!
0
0
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
4
SW
6
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1211111817161616161615151616161514141410991212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)686853100895542107968564915345627502663220723682715269414741718136810191299301216161471407
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
15
SSE
25
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
NW
5
W
5
W
10
SSW
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
3.03
3:16PM
3.04
3:50AM
3.26
4:17PM
3.24
4:47AM
3.50
5:08PM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
0.85
9:15AM
0.74
9:44PM
0.63
10:18AM
0.53
10:40PM
0.37
11:11AM
0.33
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise----8:12-------8:11-------8:10---
Sunset------5:10-------5:13-------5:15-
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
31111--------------1----
Temp. °C9989899877777810988776887
Feels °C (?)252113344445557543323553
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