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Sandy Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 08 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
9.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 7PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second 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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
2
2
!
2
2
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)101112121212131212111213131313131212111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106710351766144918132394255325062263308365887456815110372846355913527249117521268934561312161
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
N
25
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
20
NW
10
SW
15
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
3.79
8:44PM
3.40
8:53AM
3.51
9:30PM
3.20
9:41AM
3.22
10:20PM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
0.43
2:32AM
0.87
3:05PM
0.70
3:21AM
1.09
3:55PM
0.97
4:20AM
1.29
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise8:47-------8:47-------8:45-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:46-------4:47-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
33232122141111---------1
Temp. °C6566777777788899999899910
Feels °C (?)1000-2-2-3-3-2-2-4-3-2-20146532101
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