Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
9.6° 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 1AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
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 (?)
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)999988885555666655666161511
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58045034329220113588696467553940495258563672866112417240
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
10
W
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
3.31
4:52AM
3.47
5:11PM
3.46
5:31AM
3.56
5:49PM
3.52
6:08AM
3.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.20
11:16AM
0.16
11:32PM
0.10
11:52AM
0.11
12:07AM
0.07
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------7:16-------7:15-------7:13-
Sunset-6:15-------6:17-------6:20------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C109877567888109910101010101010101010
Feels °C (?)564220001236556667666787
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