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Sandy Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 IST
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Sandy Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandy Bay sea temperature is
8.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 4PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (24 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s

Table - waves today at Sandy Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
5
5
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
4
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)141716161514141417161614141313121212111114161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)336191699290776857774423356925824281745065524782380228172117140110051278141318354370644968906537
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
5
WSW
5
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
35
SSE
30
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
3.69
8:45PM
3.45
8:57AM
3.49
9:34PM
3.32
9:52AM
3.28
10:35PM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.43
2:34AM
0.79
3:03PM
0.64
3:27AM
0.97
4:00PM
0.87
4:38AM
1.13
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise8:33-------8:30-------8:30-------
Sunset--5:10-------5:13-------5:14-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
112--1--1-----1331-11---
Temp. °C777776677898877779776555
Feels °C (?)-124441254675422-101-112001
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