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Annestown

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73
Decent · chest-high 1.3 m, cross-shore wind
Waves
1.4 m
7 s period from SSW · model cell 3.1 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 63 km away.
Tide
3.3 m
Falling. Low at 04:40.
Wind
3 km/h
Light air, W, cross, gusts 16
Daylight
07:31
Sunrise. Sunset 19:06. Air 8°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 03:45 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 16:10 ▲ 22:15
Sat, 3 Oct
08:00
Decent 71/100
chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind · 0.9 m · 6 km/h
▼ 04:40 ▲ 10:30 ▼ 17:10 ▲ 23:10
Sun, 4 Oct
17:00
Blowy 28/100
waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 29 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Blowy 28/100
waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.7 m · 20 km/h
▲ 00:25 ▼ 07:00 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
19:00
Blowy 33/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind · 0.4 m · 15 km/h
▲ 02:15 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 15:00 ▼ 21:25
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 20 km/h
▲ 03:30 ▼ 09:45 ▲ 16:00 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 10:40 ▲ 16:55 ▼ 23:20

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Sat 00:0073 · Decentchest-high 1.3 m · cross-shore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 20:00 · 78 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 83 Grand · nightFri 22:00 · 83 Grand · nightFri 23:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 00:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 83 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 83 Grand · nightSat 03:00 · 83 Grand · nightSat 04:00 · 83 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 83 Grand · nightSat 06:00 · 83 Grand · nightSat 07:00 · 71 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 71 DecentSat 09:00 · 71 DecentSat 10:00 · 46 FreshSat 11:00 · 36 BlowySat 12:00 · 34 BlowySat 13:00 · 34 BlowySat 14:00 · 34 BlowySat 15:00 · 34 BlowySat 16:00 · 34 BlowySat 17:00 · 34 BlowySat 18:00 · 34 BlowySat 19:00 · 34 BlowySat 20:00 · 34 Blowy · nightSat 21:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 23 GrimSun 09:00 · 23 GrimSun 10:00 · 23 GrimSun 11:00 · 23 GrimSun 12:00 · 7 GrimSun 13:00 · 20 GrimSun 14:00 · 20 GrimSun 15:00 · 20 GrimSun 16:00 · 3 GrimSun 17:00 · 28 BlowySun 18:00 · 28 BlowySun 19:00 · 28 BlowySun 20:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 21:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 22:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 23:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 00:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 01:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 02:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 04:00 · 20 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 06:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 07:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 08:00 · 28 BlowyMon 09:00 · 28 BlowyMon 10:00 · 28 BlowyMon 11:00 · 28 BlowyMon 12:00 · 20 GrimMon 13:00 · 20 GrimMon 14:00 · 28 BlowyMon 15:00 · 20 GrimMon 16:00 · 20 GrimMon 17:00 · 20 GrimMon 18:00 · 20 GrimMon 19:00 · 20 GrimMon 22:00 · 36 Blowy · nightTue 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 23 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 23 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 23 GrimTue 13:00 · 23 GrimTue 16:00 · 21 GrimTue 19:00 · 33 BlowyTue 22:00 · 33 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 33 Blowy · nightWed 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 5 GrimWed 13:00 · 5 GrimWed 16:00 · 5 GrimWed 19:00 · 5 GrimWed 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Sat, 3 Oct, 00:00

73 Decent
  • chest-high 1.3 m
  • cross-shore wind
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.4 m3 km/h
faces 177° S · wind cross
Waves
1.4 m @ 7 s from SSW
Wind
3 km/h W · gusts 16
Tide
3.1 m · upper half
Air
8°C · dry

Meteogram

Score, waves, wind (green offshore, amber cross, red onshore), rain and air, tide

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
23:0073 Decent1.5 m7 sSSW6 km/h NW193.6 m ▲dry10°chest-high 1.5 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0073 Decent1.4 m7 sSSW3 km/h W163.1 m dry8°chest-high 1.3 m, cross-shore wind
01:0083 Grand1.3 m7 sSSW3 km/h NW132.5 m dry8°chest-high 1.3 m, offshore wind
02:0083 Grand1.2 m7 sS6 km/h NNW121.9 m dry7°chest-high 1.2 m, offshore wind
03:0083 Grand1.1 m7 sS9 km/h NNW121.5 m dry6°chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind
04:0083 Grand1.1 m6 sS8 km/h N111.3 m ▼dry6°chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, low tide
05:0083 Grand1.0 m6 sS5 km/h NNE101.2 m ▼dry6°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low tide
06:0083 Grand1.0 m6 sS5 km/h NNE91.5 m dry5°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low tide
07:0071 Decent1.0 m6 sS6 km/h NNW92.1 m dry5°chest-high 1.0 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
08:0071 Decent0.9 m6 sS6 km/h NNE102.8 m dry6°chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
09:0071 Decent0.9 m6 sS10 km/h N123.3 m dry8°chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
10:0046 Fresh0.9 m6 sS6 km/h NNE123.5 m ▲dry11°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
11:0036 Blowy0.8 m6 sS3 km/h E103.6 m ▲dry13°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
12:0034 Blowy0.8 m6 sS7 km/h SSE113.4 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
13:0034 Blowy0.8 m5 sS8 km/h SSE132.9 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
14:0034 Blowy0.8 m5 sS8 km/h SSE162.3 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
15:0034 Blowy0.7 m5 sS9 km/h S181.9 m dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
16:0034 Blowy0.7 m5 sS11 km/h SSE181.6 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
17:0034 Blowy0.7 m5 sS10 km/h S171.4 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
18:0034 Blowy0.7 m5 sS9 km/h SSE161.4 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
19:0034 Blowy0.6 m5 sS9 km/h S141.8 m dry12°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
20:0034 Blowy0.6 m5 sS11 km/h SSW132.4 m dry12°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
21:0021 Grim0.6 m5 sS13 km/h SSW142.9 m dry12°knee-high 0.6 m, light onshore
22:0021 Grim0.6 m5 sS12 km/h S143.2 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.6 m, light onshore, high tide
23:0021 Grim0.6 m5 sS10 km/h S143.4 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.6 m, light onshore, high tide
Sunday, 4 October
00:0021 Grim0.5 m5 sS12 km/h SSW153.3 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, high tide
01:0021 Grim0.5 m5 sS6 km/h SW153.0 m dry12°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore
02:0023 Grim0.5 m5 sS7 km/h WSW152.5 m dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
03:0023 Grim0.5 m5 sS5 km/h SW152.1 m dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
04:0021 Grim0.5 m5 sS9 km/h SSW171.7 m dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore
05:0021 Grim0.5 m5 sS8 km/h SW171.5 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low tide
06:0023 Grim0.5 m5 sS4 km/h W181.4 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
07:0021 Grim0.6 m5 sS6 km/h SW211.6 m dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low tide
08:0023 Grim0.6 m5 sS15 km/h WSW232.1 m dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind
09:0023 Grim0.6 m5 sS12 km/h WSW242.6 m dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind
10:0023 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW10 km/h WSW263.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind
11:0023 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW14 km/h SW283.3 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
12:007 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW17 km/h SW293.4 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.6 m, onshore wind, high tide
13:0020 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW20 km/h SW323.3 m ▲dry16°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
14:0020 Grim0.7 m4 sSSW22 km/h SW353.0 m dry16°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
15:0020 Grim0.7 m4 sSSW27 km/h SW362.5 m dry17°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
16:003 Grim0.8 m4 sSSW30 km/h SW372.1 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
17:0028 Blowy0.8 m4 sSSW29 km/h SW371.8 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
18:0028 Blowy0.8 m4 sSSW27 km/h SW361.6 m ▼dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
19:0028 Blowy0.8 m4 sSSW26 km/h SW351.6 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
20:0028 Blowy0.8 m4 sSSW25 km/h SW301.8 m dry16°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
21:0028 Blowy0.8 m4 sSSW24 km/h SW292.2 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
22:0028 Blowy0.8 m4 sSSW23 km/h SW322.6 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind

Where the energy comes from

Wave energy (H²·T) this week by direction, against the swell window

Swell arriving between E and W reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Dunmore East, 19 km away · metres above chart datum
03:4509:4016:1022:15
Low 03:45 · 1.0 mHigh 09:40 · 3.8 mLow 16:10 · 1.1 mHigh 22:15 · 3.6 m

The spot

Faces
177° S
Swell window
E 90° → W 260°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 3.1 km out
Water
Not classified

Facing and swell window are derived from the wave model's coastline around the spot, not surveyed. Know better? Tell us.

Water quality

No annual classification yet.

· beaches.ie

On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsNo parking listedAccessible: Car park adjacent to beachDogs on lead

As listed by Waterford City & County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Endorfin · Dunabrattin Pier, Boatstrand · 2 km · mobile

The Hot Pod (Kilmurrin Cove) · Kilmurrin Cove, Copper Coast · 3 km · mobile

The Stove Sauna · Ballyscanlan Lough (lower lake), Ballyscanlon Wellness Retreats · 6 km · fixed

The Hot Pod (Newtown Cove) · Guillamene / Newtown Cove, Tramore · 7 km · mobile

Annestown Beach is located on the South East Coast of County Waterford in the heart of the Copper Coast, about 20 miles from Dungarvan. The sandy beach, with its sea arches, is safe for swimming with a view stretching for miles along the coast.

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🏄 Annestown surf · Decent · sea 17° · 0.9 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
🏄 Annestown surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.8 mSun, 4 Oct 16:30–17:30 · waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind

Nearby spots

Boatstrand

3 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Kilfarrassey

3 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Ballyscanlan Lake

6 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Carrigavantry Lake

6 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Score is Dipper's own blend. It rates comfort, not safety. Forecast: Met Éireann. Waves: Marine Institute Irish Shelf wave model.