Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 06 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
10.3° 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 7PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (06 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.8
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)77777161716161514710109996611111188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45351748722625145280459746933911559585853383719192323111010
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
W
5
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
3.09
8:38PM
3.07
8:56AM
2.89
9:15PM
2.86
9:34AM
2.67
9:57PM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
0.54
2:48AM
0.63
3:01PM
0.72
3:27AM
0.83
3:43PM
0.92
4:15AM
1.03
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:56-------6:54
Sunset---8:15-------8:17-------8:19----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1-1--------------
Temp. °C1010101010101111111111111111111111111198899
Feels °C (?)2345557788911111191087533332
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