Sandy Bay surfForecast / Kerry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 6AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 2.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (16 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.3
W
2.5
WSW
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121211111110101091010121314131212111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)454636132697188014691101830673451390328132222484316586145893494273819101443116910861132970
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
20
W
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SE
35
SSE
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
25
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
2.88
1:17PM
3.04
2:18AM
2.96
2:40PM
3.22
3:27AM
3.19
3:40PM
3.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
1.41
7:59PM
1.11
8:30AM
1.26
9:11PM
0.85
9:30AM
1.01
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----7:15-------7:16-------7:18---
Sunset-------7:53-------7:51-------7:49
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------1210111-------521112
Temp. °C141414131414131213171715151515141313161717171717
Feels °C (?)7899111198711119101011101010121212121214
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kerry

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Sandy Bay (moderate winds from the W at ValentiaObservatory(3953 -1) 43 km from Sandy Bay). 3.4m 12s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.7m 9s swell from the NNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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22 km/h
W
0.0
16.1
Air / Water (°C)
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