Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Surf Forecast

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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 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 13.9° 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 1PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Evening (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

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

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	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	103	107	119	133	159	164	152	139	164	253	312	352	412	613	784	382	327	383	281	261	217	346	583	304
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SSW	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:20PM 2.87				3:45AM 2.89					4:07PM 3.03				4:27AM 3.06				4:45PM 3.16				5:03AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)	9:21AM 0.74				9:50PM 0.66					10:08AM 0.59				10:31PM 0.52				10:47AM 0.46				11:05PM 0.41

	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	6	5	6	6	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	7	12	10	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cork

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) (fresh winds from the SE at Sherkin Island 34 km from Red Strand (Dirk Bay)). 1.4m 6s windswell from the SE with a 0.4m 8s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 28 minutes ago Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

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34 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

29 km/h

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13.9

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