Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 11 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
10.4° 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 11AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (11 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
1.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.8
S
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)988891213161615988888777117845
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57478384810342056324128021841688309207184132125785956434119840182282
Wind
(km/h)
55
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
55
SW
70
SW
55
W
55
W
50
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.22
7:25PM
1.19
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:50-------6:47-------6:45------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:25-------8:28--
clear
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-12133111---11----------
Temp. °C657778887799987777999999
Feels °C (?)-7-7-5-5-8-4-4-2-3-211223333433554
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