Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 30 Mar 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
10.1° 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: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
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 (?)
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.5
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)7777777773121266663412126111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3325181825171277443109914410111220222244
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
15
NNW
15
N
5
NNW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrossoffoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
3.07
4:49AM
3.24
5:09PM
3.26
5:29AM
3.37
5:47PM
3.39
6:05AM
3.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
0.50
10:52PM
0.41
11:15AM
0.34
11:32PM
0.27
11:51AM
0.24
12:07AM
0.19
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--------7:13-------7:11-------
Sunset---8:04-------8:06-------8:07----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8111312121314141211101010101110111211108766
Feels °C (?)368891011118656668676564344
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