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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 12 Feb 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
9.4° 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 9PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)--
Afternoon (12 Feb)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (12 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)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
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
3
SW
1.7
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
1.5
S
2.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
3.5
WSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1514141313131313131313131312121213577118912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24571945145028009322691921471511149896951041031041301114983402857204293734
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WNW
35
N
50
N
50
N
45
N
35
N
25
N
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
SSE
25
S
40
S
50
S
40
SW
35
W
25
W
30
W
25
SW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassonononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
2.33
2:03AM
2.44
2:35PM
2.47
3:02AM
2.62
3:25PM
2.68
3:46AM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
1.16
8:28AM
1.08
8:53PM
1.00
9:23AM
0.89
9:42PM
0.79
10:06AM
0.69
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise------7:54-------7:52-------7:50-
Sunset5:44-------5:45-------5:46-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------1----------57----1
Temp. °C9988764555432335561111109911
Feels °C (?)01001-2-8-6-6-4-3-3-3-1-1-2-5-4345332
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