Red Strand (Dirk Bay) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 51.55° N 8.94° W

Issued: 6 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Red Strand (Dirk Bay) sea temperature is

16.6° C

Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) today (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Strand (Dirk Bay) at 12PM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	19s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	19s
Evening (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Mon morning, light winds from the NNE by Tue night).
	Monday 13							Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 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	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 20	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 15	SE 10	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	8	37	74	74	74	37	21	36	61	104	104	61	61	31	30	18	51	50	50	50	51	50	25	49
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:32AM3.20m				4:59PM3.37m				5:26AM3.36m				5:52PM3.53m				6:17AM3.47m				6:42PM3.63m
Low Tide				10:54AM0.36m				11:25PM0.26m				11:48AM0.20m				00:18AM0.14m				12:39PM0.10m


	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35
	—	—	—	—	—	9:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:46	—	9:45
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	17	17	19	20	21	20	19	16	15	17	19	18	20	20	20	18	16	17	18	18	18	19	20
Feels °C	13	12	10	13	15	16	17	15	11	10	12	14	14	18	19	19	16	13	14	15	15	17	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 7	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	E 7	E 7	SSW 18	SE 8	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 6	SSW 16	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	S 6
kJ	45	56	74	74	74	37	171	166	61	21	104	61	61	31	71	30	20	16	50	22	13	7	4	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SSW 20	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 10	SE 10	W 11	SSW 18	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 7	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 6	SSW 16
kJ	8	37	21	21	21	21	94	36	2	104	8	18	18	19	19	5	14	4	4	50	51	50	6	49
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 20	SSW 15	W 14	W 13	W 12	W 12	SSW 15	SSW 18	SSW 14	W 11	W 11	S 7	S 7	S 6	SSW 18	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 16	E 4
kJ	8	21	4	3	3	3	21	32	21	2	2	1	1	3	30	18	51	50	3	7	7	7	25	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—	E 7	ENE 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	153	130	252	366	365	302	—	—	199	152	139	148	151	108	—	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Aln Estuary North East England	Mangersta Sands (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	St Finan's Bay Kerry	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Derrynane Kerry	Oysterhaven Cork	Inch (Whitegate) Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Derrynane Kerry	Derrynane Kerry	Derrynane Kerry	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Inch Strand Kerry	Inch Strand Kerry	Ownachincha Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Ownachincha Cork	Ownachincha Cork	Derrynane Kerry	Derrynane Kerry	Inch Strand Kerry	Ownachincha Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Ownachincha Cork
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	646	746	102	93	88	37	59	24	88	88	88	93	95	95	5	24	5	5	88	88	95	5	24	5
Best forecast wave conditions in Cork						Oysterhaven	Inch (Whitegate)	Garrettstown							Garrettstown	Garrettstown	Garrettstown	Ownachincha				Ownachincha	Garrettstown	Garrettstown
Rating (10 max)						1	1	1							1	1	1	1				1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	9	5	6

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