Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 IST
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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Red Strand (Dirk Bay) sea temperature is
11.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for Red Strand (Dirk Bay) at 1PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

Table - waves today at Red Strand (Dirk Bay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.9
SE
1
SSW
1.6
SE
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161616169998810101010101211111171171111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202525252015881342910634507175179163214198475451353297362247256261207
Wind
(km/h)
50
E
50
E
50
E
50
E
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
3.14
9:50PM
3.14
10:20AM
2.88
10:54PM
2.90
11:31AM
2.68
12:11AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
0.40
3:40PM
0.53
4:20AM
0.64
4:48PM
0.74
5:37AM
0.82
6:10PM
0.87
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:26-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:45-------8:45--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C98991010101010101010101111111010101010111111
Feels °C (?)-2-3-2-112243433355534334667
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