Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 05 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: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.5
SW
1
S
1.6
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)118101010566777771617161615777767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38913125020047431572754084395082192405186815973571721187659353163
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
3.26
8:04PM
3.25
8:21AM
3.09
8:38PM
3.07
8:56AM
2.89
9:15PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.38
2:13AM
0.45
2:26PM
0.54
2:48AM
0.63
3:01PM
0.72
3:27AM
0.83
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--------7:01------6:58-------6:56
Sunset---8:14-------8:15-------8:17----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------24------
Temp. °C8999999910101010101111111111121111121211
Feels °C (?)022431002344456777999101010
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