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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Surf Forecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 IST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent
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 9.1 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 9.9 max: 10.7 min: 9.1 °C)
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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 9.1 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 9.9 max: 10.7 min: 9.1 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) (fresh winds from the SW at Sherkin Island 34 km from Red Strand (Dirk Bay)).

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34 km away, 1 h 30 min ago

Moderate
32 km/h
SW
9.6
9.1
Air / Water (°C)
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How big are the waves at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for Red Strand (Dirk Bay) at 6AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (23 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
000000000000000000000000110000211100000000000000000000000003
Swell
Height Map
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T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.30.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.33.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.39.cc23
T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.54.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.57.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.63.cc23
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T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.126.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.129.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.135.cc23
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.4
SW
1
WSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
3
SW
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212999991515988999121414121212888887813913121212111111111045677889888877888891112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)183720041431103910151515138592986968263682959578489914477311193101659728926719015114412847445767242184147938547462225134613831867191593840428636530825333046542738754177163018683822
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
50
SW
55
SW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
50
W
30
W
40
W
50
WSW
45
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
NE
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
N
30
N
25
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
E
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
40
S
30
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
35
S
45
S
40
SW
40
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
15
SSE
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
3.78
6:19PM
3.73
6:40AM
3.68
6:58PM
3.62
7:19AM
3.49
7:38PM
3.42
7:59AM
3.23
8:19PM
3.16
8:41AM
2.93
9:03PM
2.88
9:28AM
2.64
9:55PM
2.60
10:27AM
2.40
11:05PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
-0.12
12:19PM
-0.07
12:38AM
-0.07
12:56PM
0.04
1:16AM
0.08
1:33PM
0.22
1:55AM
0.31
2:11PM
0.46
2:35AM
0.58
2:51PM
0.72
3:21AM
0.85
3:41PM
0.98
4:21AM
1.08
4:50PM
1.17
5:45AM
1.22

Note: the tide data above is for Long Strand-Castlefreke which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Red Strand (Dirk Bay).New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) blow from the N

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999999999999999999991010109876569109764345677887891011101011111112121111111010
Feels °C (?)0-2-300-1-1020-1-2-1-11-120-2-13576520-2-313421-1-2-2-2-10-10-1-4-2146665234223457
Sunrise----6:31-------6:28-------6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset-------6:52-------6:54-------6:57-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------7:02----

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