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St Finan's Bay Surf Photo: 'St Finan's Bay and the Skellig Islands' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 51.84° N 10.34° W

Issued: 12 pm 25 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's St Finan's Bay sea temperature is

16.3° C

1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year

St Finan's Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W	W	SSW	SSW
	7 s	cross- on	7 s	16 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W	W	SW	SSW
	7 s	cross- on	7 s	15 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	W	W	SSW	SSW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	15 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	W	W	SSW	SSW
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	15 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	9 s	cross- on	9 s	15 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NW	W	SSW	SSW
	10 s	cross	10 s	15 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW	WNW	WNW	SSW
	10 s	cross- off	10 s	10 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW	WNW	WNW	SSW
	10 s	cross- off	10 s	10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW		WNW	SSW
	10 s	cross- off		10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW	WNW	WNW	SSW
	9 s	cross- off	9 s	9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW	N	WNW	SSW
	9 s	cross- off	6 s	9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW	N	WNW	SSW
	9 s	cross- off	6 s	9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW		WNW	N
	9 s	cross- off		9 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW		W	NNW
	9 s	glass		9 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NW		W	NNW
	8 s	glass		8 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WSW		W	NNW
	8 s	glass		8 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	SW		W	N
	8 s	on		8 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from St Finan's Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 45 minutes after low water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.2m (3.9 ft). Range 4.22m (13.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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St Finan's Bay Surf Photo: 'St Finan's Bay and the Skellig Islands' by Rob Davies

It's always overhead if you surf a kayak, but 3m west swell and offshore winds gave set waves that were even over the heads of real surfers! Not bad for a brief summer swell.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: Ireland (378 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:31 am 7 Aug 2010