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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 22 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 8PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (22 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2.5
SE
3
SE
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151414149919171616109151616151716161514148
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)941422239156104713924680511371129125414787117787496708377331040411236149162
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
W
15
W
0
SW
10
ESE
25
ENE
45
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
25
ENE
35
ENE
40
NNE
45
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
35
W
20
SW
20
S
10
SSE
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
3.34
7:27PM
3.27
7:48AM
3.30
8:07PM
3.21
8:29AM
3.21
8:51PM
3.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
0.36
1:42AM
0.35
2:04PM
0.41
2:21AM
0.42
2:44PM
0.50
3:05AM
0.54
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise8:27-------8:26-------8:25-------
Sunset--5:06-------5:07-------5:08-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------12221134----1---53
Temp. °C788777777776566678987754
Feels °C (?)123531-3000-2-3-5-2-3-2-112-1122-2
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