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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 16 Jan 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
9.8° 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 7PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
S
0.6
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.6
S
1.2
S
1.7
SSW
0.9
S
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)815158148887127877710101045661112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42831824217714999755048301599881616101163213545181
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
15
S
5
SSW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
WNW
0
SW
5
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
10
SSW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glassglassononononcross-
on		ononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
2.77
4:07AM
2.91
4:26PM
2.92
4:46AM
3.05
5:03PM
3.05
5:22AM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
0.73
10:26AM
0.66
10:42PM
0.59
11:05AM
0.54
11:20PM
0.46
11:41AM
0.43
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------8:33-------8:32-------8:30-
Sunset4:55-------4:58-------4:59-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-----------------13111
Temp. °C989875568655567899987877
Feels °C (?)345641014212354444424422
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