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Cahore

Green Coast faces ESE Monitored, not designated

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Surf score now
26
Grim · chest-high 1.0 m, short period 5 s, choppy
Waves
1.0 m
5 s period from SSE · model cell 1.3 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 104 km away.
Tide
1.1 m
Rising. High at 17:15.
Wind
36 km/h
Fresh breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 57
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 16°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
19:00
Decent 67/100
chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 1.0 m · 26 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 08:35 ▲ 17:15 ▼ 21:15
Sat, 3 Oct
10:00
Blowy 32/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 5 km/h
▲ 06:10 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 18:30 ▼ 22:50
Sun, 4 Oct
13:00
Grim 10/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 23 km/h
▲ 07:15 ▼ 11:00 ▲ 19:15
Mon, 5 Oct
13:00
Grim 14/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 23 km/h
▼ 00:35 ▲ 08:15 ▼ 12:25 ▲ 20:15
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 20 km/h
▼ 01:40 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 13:30 ▲ 21:00
Wed, 7 Oct
13:00
Grim 22/100
waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.7 m · 19 km/h
▼ 02:35 ▲ 10:05 ▼ 14:15 ▲ 21:45
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 15 km/h
▼ 03:05 ▲ 10:50 ▼ 15:00 ▲ 22:25

Week at a glance

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Fri 13:0026 · Grimchest-high 1.0 m · short period 5 s, choppy
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 08:00 · 25 GrimFri 09:00 · 27 GrimFri 10:00 · 25 GrimFri 11:00 · 10 GrimFri 12:00 · 28 BlowyFri 13:00 · 26 GrimFri 14:00 · 24 GrimFri 15:00 · 21 GrimFri 16:00 · 31 BlowyFri 17:00 · 29 BlowyFri 18:00 · 32 BlowyFri 19:00 · 67 DecentFri 20:00 · 77 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 57 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 56 Fresh · nightFri 23:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 40 Blowy · nightSat 01:00 · 25 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 22 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 20 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 18 Grim · nightSat 05:00 · 16 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 13 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 18 GrimSat 08:00 · 23 GrimSat 09:00 · 29 BlowySat 10:00 · 32 BlowySat 11:00 · 30 BlowySat 12:00 · 18 GrimSat 13:00 · 15 GrimSat 14:00 · 5 GrimSat 15:00 · 5 GrimSat 16:00 · 5 GrimSat 17:00 · 5 GrimSat 18:00 · 5 GrimSat 19:00 · 5 GrimSat 20:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 5 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 · 5 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 5 GrimSun 13:00 · 10 GrimSun 14:00 · 8 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 3 GrimSun 17:00 · 0 GrimSun 18:00 · 0 GrimSun 19:00 · 0 GrimSun 20:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 2 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 9 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 31 Blowy · nightMon 01:00 · 14 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 11 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 9 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 6 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 21 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 19 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 10:00 · 3 GrimMon 13:00 · 14 GrimMon 16:00 · 6 GrimMon 19:00 · 0 GrimMon 22:00 · 19 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 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 · 17 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 22 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 24 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 16 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 8 GrimWed 13:00 · 22 GrimWed 19:00 · 20 GrimThu 01:00 · 25 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 13:00

26 Grim
  • chest-high 1.0 m
  • short period 5 s, choppy
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.0 m36 km/h
faces 102° ESE · wind cross
Waves
1.0 m @ 5 s from SSE
Wind
36 km/h SSW · gusts 57
Tide
1.1 m · upper half
Air
16°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
12:0028 Blowy0.9 m5 sSSE34 km/h SSW551.1 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 0.9 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
13:0026 Grim1.0 m5 sSSE36 km/h SSW571.1 m dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
14:0024 Grim1.1 m6 sSSE36 km/h SSW601.0 m dry16°chest-high 1.1 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
15:0021 Grim1.2 m6 sSSE37 km/h SSW601.0 m dry17°chest-high 1.2 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
16:0031 Blowy1.2 m6 sSSE38 km/h SSW601.0 m ▲dry16°chest-high 1.2 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
17:0029 Blowy1.1 m6 sSSE39 km/h SSW591.1 m ▲0.2 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
18:0032 Blowy1.1 m6 sSSE34 km/h SSW581.1 m ▲0.6 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
19:0067 Decent1.0 m6 sSSE26 km/h SW540.9 m 0.9 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
20:0077 Decent1.0 m6 sSSE18 km/h WSW460.8 m 0.7 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
21:0057 Fresh0.9 m6 sSSE17 km/h W360.6 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.9 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
22:0056 Fresh0.8 m6 sSSE14 km/h W260.6 m ▼dry12°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
23:0054 Fresh0.7 m6 sSSE11 km/h W240.7 m dry10°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0040 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE10 km/h W220.9 m dry9°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
01:0025 Grim0.6 m6 sSSE9 km/h WSW200.9 m dry8°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0022 Grim0.6 m6 sSSE9 km/h W180.9 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0020 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE9 km/h W160.9 m dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
04:0018 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE9 km/h W140.9 m dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
05:0016 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE9 km/h W131.1 m ▲dry6°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
06:0013 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h W121.1 m ▲dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
07:0018 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h WNW131.1 m dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
08:0023 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h WNW131.0 m dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
09:0029 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h WNW120.8 m ▼dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
10:0032 Blowy0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h W120.8 m ▼dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
11:0030 Blowy0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h WSW110.8 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
12:0018 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE6 km/h S120.9 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
13:0015 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE13 km/h S141.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
14:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h S181.0 m dry15°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h S211.0 m dry15°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE16 km/h S231.0 m dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE16 km/h S241.1 m ▲dry15°flat
18:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SSW241.2 m ▲dry14°flat
19:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SSW221.2 m ▲dry13°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h SW191.1 m dry11°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW190.9 m dry10°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW200.7 m ▼dry9°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW210.6 m ▼dry8°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW210.7 m ▼dry8°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW210.7 m dry8°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW230.8 m dry9°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW240.8 m dry9°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW260.8 m dry11°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SW270.9 m dry12°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SW271.1 m ▲dry13°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW281.2 m ▲dry13°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h WSW301.2 m dry15°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h WSW301.1 m dry15°flat
10:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW320.9 m dry16°flat
11:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW330.8 m ▼dry16°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Arklow, 25 km away · metres above chart datum
04:3008:3517:1521:15
High 04:30 · 1.1 mLow 08:35 · 0.7 mHigh 17:15 · 1.1 mLow 21:15 · 0.6 m

The spot

Faces
102° ESE
Swell window
N 10° → SSW 200°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.3 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 listedDogs on lead

As listed by Wexford County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Realt na Mara Saunas · South Beach, Courtown · 8 km · fixed

The Sweaty Horsebox Sauna · Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe · 22 km · mobile

Cahore Beach is adjacent to the rural village of Cahore Co Wexford, 35 kms north of Wexford Town. The beach is pebbled (approx 500m) with a pier and has an easterly aspect overlooking the Irish Sea. There is a car park.

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🏄 Cahore surf · Decent · sea 17° · 1.0 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Cahore surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Cahore surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 12:30–13:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide

Nearby spots

Old Bawn

2 km · Co. Wexford · Not classified

Morriscastle

7 km · Co. Wexford · Excellent Quality

Courtown, North Beach

9 km · Co. Wexford · Excellent Quality

Ballymoney, North Beach

12 km · Co. Wexford · Good Quality

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