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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 23 Jan 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
9.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Red Strand (Dirk Bay) at 8AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.2
SSW
0.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
3
SE
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)9201716169161516161817161515141414171716161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39393301014133312639094438086047599329045743821651136177214331084546293189
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
ENE
40
NE
45
NNE
55
NNE
45
N
40
NNW
25
NNE
45
NE
50
N
40
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
NW
5
W
5
E
5
E
10
E
25
E
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
3.30
8:07PM
3.21
8:29AM
3.21
8:51PM
3.11
9:15AM
3.08
9:40PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.41
2:21AM
0.42
2:44PM
0.50
3:05AM
0.54
3:31PM
0.62
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise--8:26-------8:25-------8:23-----
Sunset----5:07-------5:08-------5:10---
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light rain
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heavy rain
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light rain
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light rain
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
--331-43131136553--12-1--
Temp. °C567887666786656656667788
Feels °C (?)-2-2-2-1-1-3-6-4-31-1-5-3-30213335322
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