Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Surf Forecast

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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) surfForecast / Cork / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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 15.7° 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 11PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (15 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WSW	WSW	SW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	12	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1099	466	282	205	129	98	66	50	53	53	163	543	875	814	4827	529	491	361	280	286	294	354	404	482
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:26AM 2.57					1:11PM 2.64				1:57AM 2.56				2:36PM 2.72				3:12AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 0.93					7:08AM 0.99				8:02PM 0.94				8:35AM 0.91				9:17PM 0.80				9:42AM 0.73

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	8	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	6	6	6	7	9	9	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	10	10	11	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cork

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) (fresh winds from the W at Sherkin Island 34 km from Red Strand (Dirk Bay)). 3.4m 12s groundswell from the WSW which is too big for here.
49 minutes ago Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

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34 km away, 49 min ago

36 km/h

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15.7

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