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Baginbun

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25
Grim · knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind
Waves
0.5 m
5 s period from SSE · model cell 1.7 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 55 km away.
Tide
2.2 m
Rising. High at 10:30.
Wind
5 km/h
Light breeze, NW, offshore, gusts 11
Daylight
07:31
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 7°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
08:00
Grim 22/100
knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.5 m · 6 km/h
▼ 04:40 ▲ 10:30 ▼ 17:10 ▲ 23:10
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Grim 14/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 25 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 25 km/h
▲ 00:25 ▼ 07:00 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 15 km/h
▲ 02:15 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 15:00 ▼ 21:25
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.1 m · 18 km/h
▲ 03:30 ▼ 09:45 ▲ 16:00 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 15 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 10:40 ▲ 16:55 ▼ 23:20
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 41 km/h
▲ 05:15 ▼ 11:40 ▲ 17:40

Week at a glance

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Sat 07:0025 · Grimknee-high 0.5 m · offshore wind
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 00:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 01:00 · 25 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 15 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 18 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 05:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 25 Grim · nightSat 08:00 · 22 GrimSat 09:00 · 18 GrimSat 10:00 · 15 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 6 GrimSat 13:00 · 9 GrimSat 14:00 · 12 GrimSat 15:00 · 15 GrimSat 16:00 · 18 GrimSat 17:00 · 21 GrimSat 18:00 · 18 GrimSat 19:00 · 15 GrimSat 20:00 · 14 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 10 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 5 GrimSun 09:00 · 5 GrimSun 10:00 · 1 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 4 GrimSun 13:00 · 0 GrimSun 14:00 · 2 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 8 GrimSun 17:00 · 11 GrimSun 18:00 · 14 GrimSun 19:00 · 13 GrimSun 20:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 6 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 5 GrimMon 09:00 · 5 GrimMon 10:00 · 5 GrimMon 11:00 · 5 GrimMon 12:00 · 5 GrimMon 13:00 · 5 GrimMon 14:00 · 5 GrimMon 15:00 · 5 GrimMon 16:00 · 5 GrimMon 17:00 · 5 GrimMon 18:00 · 5 GrimMon 19:00 · 5 GrimMon 20:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 21:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 23:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 00:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 02:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 5 GrimTue 13:00 · 5 GrimTue 16:00 · 5 GrimTue 19:00 · 5 GrimTue 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 5 Grim · 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 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 10:00 · 0 GrimThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 GrimFri 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 13:00 · 0 GrimFri 19:00 · 0 Grim

Sat, 3 Oct, 07:00

25 Grim
  • knee-high 0.5 m
  • offshore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.5 m5 km/h
faces 162° SSE · wind offshore
Waves
0.5 m @ 5 s from SSE
Wind
5 km/h NW · gusts 11
Tide
2.1 m · lower half
Air
7°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
07:0025 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE5 km/h NW112.1 m dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
08:0022 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE6 km/h NNW122.8 m dry6°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
09:0018 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE8 km/h NNW133.3 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE4 km/h N143.5 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE3 km/h NE133.6 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:006 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE4 km/h SE113.4 m dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
13:009 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h SSE122.9 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
14:0012 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE152.3 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
15:0015 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h S171.9 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
16:0018 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h S171.6 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
17:0021 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE8 km/h S161.4 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
18:0018 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE7 km/h S131.4 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
19:0015 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h SSW111.8 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
20:0014 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h SW102.4 m dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
21:0010 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE4 km/h SW92.9 m dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
22:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h SW103.2 m ▲dry10°flat
23:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SSW113.4 m ▲dry12°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE11 km/h SSW123.3 m ▲dry12°flat
01:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSW133.0 m dry13°flat
02:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h SSW132.5 m dry13°flat
03:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE17 km/h S142.1 m dry15°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE15 km/h S151.7 m dry15°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SSW151.5 m ▼dry15°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SW161.4 m ▼dry15°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SW181.6 m dry15°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW192.1 m dry14°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SW222.6 m dry15°flat
10:001 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW253.0 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE17 km/h WSW273.3 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:004 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE16 km/h SW283.4 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW313.3 m ▲dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
14:002 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h WSW333.0 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
15:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW352.5 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
16:008 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE26 km/h SW372.1 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
17:0011 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE27 km/h SW371.8 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0014 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE25 km/h WSW371.6 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
19:0013 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE24 km/h WSW371.6 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
20:0010 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE24 km/h SW351.8 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
21:006 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE25 km/h SW352.2 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
22:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE26 km/h WSW352.6 m dry16°flat
23:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE24 km/h WSW343.0 m dry16°flat
Monday, 5 October
00:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE25 km/h WSW343.2 m ▲dry15°flat
01:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h WSW343.2 m ▲dry16°flat
02:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE28 km/h SW323.0 m dry16°flat
03:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE28 km/h SW322.7 m dry16°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE28 km/h SW332.3 m dry16°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE28 km/h SW321.9 m dry16°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE27 km/h SW321.6 m ▼dry16°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Dunmore East, 12 km away · metres above chart datum
04:4010:3017:1023:10
Low 04:40 · 1.2 mHigh 10:30 · 3.6 mLow 17:10 · 1.3 mHigh 23:10 · 3.4 m

The spot

Faces
162° SSE
Swell window
ENE 70° → W 260°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.7 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. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

Lifeguard: Lifeguards on duty during the bathing season as of 2025ToiletsParkingPublic transport available to nearby Fethard on sea during Summer monthsDogs on lead (1st June and 15th September: no dogs in blue flag area between lifeguard markers from 11:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs. Dogs on a lead are permitted through the blue flag area to access other beach areas.)

As listed by Wexford County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Sweathouse (Baginbun) · Baginbun Beach, Fethard-on-Sea · right here · fixed

The Hot Pod (Dunmore East) · Lawlors Beach, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford · 11 km · mobile

Saltee Sauna · Kilmore Quay beach · 16 km · fixed

The Hot Pod (Newtown Cove) · Guillamene / Newtown Cove, Tramore, Co. Waterford · 23 km · mobile

Baginbun is an easterly facing beach on the Hook Peninsula, 2km south of Fethard village. It is a gentle sloping mostly sandy beach, with rocks visible during low tide. It is a sheltered sandy cove near Fethard-on-Sea, featuring cliffs and clear calm waters.

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🏄 Baginbun surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.5 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Baginbun surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Baginbun surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mMon, 5 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat

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