Sherkin Island – Silver Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Cork, Ireland)

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Sherkin Island - Silver Strand Surf Guide

Sherkin Island - Silver Strand in Cork is a sheltered beach break that only works when conditions are just right with no particular seasonal pattern. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west. The beach break provides left and right handers. Surfable at all stages of the tide. Crowds are never a problem here. Watch out for dangerous rips.

Sherkin Island - Silver Strand Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	inconsistent	11.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Sherkin Island - Silver Strand:

The best conditions reported for surf at Sherkin Island - Silver Strand occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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Explore Sherkin Island - Silver Strand Location Map

Interactive Sherkin Island - Silver Strand surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Sherkin Island - Silver Strand Surf Forecasts:

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Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 08:17 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross

Tides at Sherkin Island - Silver Strand

Current tide and informaton

For Sherkin Island - Silver Strand, 0 km from Sherkin Island - Silver Strand.

Next High Water: 08:24am | 2.74m

Next Low Water: 02:23pm | 0.77m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Sherkin Island - Silver Strand Sea Temperature

The water temperature (11.9 °C) at Sherkin Island - Silver Strand is quite cold. If the sun shines as forecast, it should feel warm enough to get away with a good sealed spring wetsuit but you won't overheat in a winter wetsuit, gloves boots and a hood. Effective windchill factor of (10.0 °C).

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.