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Clifden Beach

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57
Fresh · overhead 1.5 m, period 12 s
Waves
1.5 m
12 s period from WSW · model cell 4.3 km out
Sea
15.8°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 255 km away.
Tide
4.0 m
High tide. Low at 16:00.
Wind
45 km/h
Strong breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 69
Daylight
07:43
Sunrise. Sunset 19:16. Air 15°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
10:00
Fresh 58/100
overhead 1.5 m, period 12 s, cross-shore wind · 1.5 m · 45 km/h
▼ 03:25 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 16:00 ▲ 22:10
Sat, 3 Oct
09:00
Grand 84/100
chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, offshore wind · 0.9 m · 5 km/h
▼ 04:20 ▲ 10:40 ▼ 17:00 ▲ 23:25
Sun, 4 Oct
11:00
Fresh 60/100
chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 1.0 m · 23 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:55 ▼ 18:40
Mon, 5 Oct
13:00
Decent 62/100
chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 1.2 m · 19 km/h
▲ 01:05 ▼ 07:10 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
16:00
Blowy 42/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 26 km/h
▲ 02:35 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:25
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 21 km/h
▲ 03:40 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:15
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 26 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 10:30 ▲ 16:35 ▼ 23:00

Week at a glance

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Fri 10:0058 · Freshoverhead 1.5 m · period 12 s
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 10:00 · 58 FreshFri 11:00 · 45 FreshFri 12:00 · 46 FreshFri 13:00 · 52 FreshFri 14:00 · 49 FreshFri 15:00 · 46 FreshFri 16:00 · 43 BlowyFri 17:00 · 46 FreshFri 18:00 · 49 FreshFri 19:00 · 53 FreshFri 20:00 · 56 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 59 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 62 Decent · nightFri 23:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 57 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 02:00 · 51 Fresh · nightSat 03:00 · 47 Fresh · nightSat 04:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSat 06:00 · 62 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 65 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 71 DecentSat 09:00 · 84 GrandSat 10:00 · 77 DecentSat 11:00 · 37 BlowySat 12:00 · 50 FreshSat 13:00 · 39 BlowySat 14:00 · 35 BlowySat 15:00 · 57 FreshSat 16:00 · 54 FreshSat 17:00 · 51 FreshSat 18:00 · 54 FreshSat 19:00 · 57 FreshSat 20:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSat 21:00 · 63 Decent · nightSat 22:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 23:00 · 70 Decent · nightSun 00:00 · 69 Decent · nightSun 01:00 · 66 Decent · nightSun 02:00 · 63 Decent · nightSun 03:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 04:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 06:00 · 27 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 47 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 50 FreshSun 09:00 · 54 FreshSun 10:00 · 57 FreshSun 11:00 · 60 FreshSun 12:00 · 46 FreshSun 13:00 · 60 FreshSun 14:00 · 57 FreshSun 15:00 · 54 FreshSun 16:00 · 51 FreshSun 17:00 · 48 FreshSun 18:00 · 45 FreshSun 19:00 · 44 BlowySun 20:00 · 47 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 50 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 34 Blowy · nightMon 00:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 57 Fresh · nightMon 02:00 · 37 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 34 Blowy · nightMon 04:00 · 53 Fresh · nightMon 05:00 · 50 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 47 Fresh · nightMon 07:00 · 44 Blowy · nightMon 10:00 · 52 FreshMon 13:00 · 62 DecentMon 16:00 · 55 FreshMon 19:00 · 46 FreshMon 22:00 · 49 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 74 Decent · nightTue 04:00 · 58 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 48 Fresh · nightTue 10:00 · 31 BlowyTue 13:00 · 40 BlowyTue 16:00 · 42 BlowyTue 19:00 · 33 BlowyTue 22:00 · 28 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 45 Fresh · nightWed 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 0 GrimWed 13:00 · 0 GrimWed 19:00 · 0 GrimThu 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 10:00

58 Fresh
  • overhead 1.5 m
  • period 12 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • rain
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.5 m45 km/h
faces 263° W · wind cross
Waves
1.5 m @ 12 s from WSW
Wind
45 km/h SSW · gusts 69
Tide
4.1 m · high
Air
15°C · 4.0 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
10:0058 Fresh1.5 m (0.7 swell)12 sWSW45 km/h SSW694.1 m ▲4.0 mm15°overhead 1.5 m, period 12 s, cross-shore wind
11:0045 Fresh1.4 m (0.7 swell)12 sWSW34 km/h SSW693.8 m 4.7 mm15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 12 s, cross-shore wind
12:0046 Fresh1.3 m (0.7 swell)12 sWSW26 km/h WSW553.3 m 3.3 mm14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
13:0052 Fresh1.3 m (0.7 swell)11 sWSW27 km/h WSW412.5 m 0.1 mm14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
14:0049 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)11 sWSW21 km/h W401.8 m dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
15:0046 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)11 sWSW25 km/h WNW401.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
16:0043 Blowy1.2 m (0.7 swell)11 sWSW25 km/h W421.1 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
17:0046 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW25 km/h WNW421.3 m ▼dry13°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
18:0049 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW26 km/h W401.7 m dry13°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
19:0053 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW26 km/h WNW382.3 m dry12°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
20:0056 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW24 km/h WNW343.0 m dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
21:0059 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW21 km/h WNW323.5 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
22:0062 Decent1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW20 km/h W293.8 m ▲dry11°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
23:0060 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW19 km/h W263.7 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0057 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)11 sWSW19 km/h W223.4 m dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
01:0054 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)11 sWSW19 km/h W212.8 m dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
02:0051 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h WSW212.2 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
03:0047 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW19 km/h WSW221.7 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
04:0044 Blowy1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW19 km/h WSW211.4 m ▼dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
05:0045 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW18 km/h W201.5 m ▼dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
06:0062 Decent1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW13 km/h W181.8 m dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, light onshore
07:0065 Decent0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h WSW152.3 m dry11°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, light onshore
08:0071 Decent0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW6 km/h SSW142.9 m dry9°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0084 Grand0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW5 km/h ESE153.4 m dry10°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
10:0077 Decent0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW9 km/h SSW193.8 m ▲dry13°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0037 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW16 km/h SW263.8 m ▲dry14°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
12:0050 Fresh0.9 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW16 km/h SSW293.6 m dry15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0039 Blowy0.9 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW18 km/h SSW333.2 m dry15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
14:0035 Blowy0.9 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW20 km/h SSW372.6 m dry15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
15:0057 Fresh0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW22 km/h SSW392.0 m dry15°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0054 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW24 km/h S401.6 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0051 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW24 km/h SSW401.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0054 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW25 km/h SSW391.4 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
19:0057 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW24 km/h SSW401.7 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
20:0060 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW23 km/h SSW422.2 m dry14°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
21:0063 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW25 km/h SSW422.8 m dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
22:0067 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW27 km/h SSW443.2 m dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
23:0070 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW29 km/h SSW453.5 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0069 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW27 km/h SSW463.5 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0066 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SSW463.3 m dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0063 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SSW472.9 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0060 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SSW482.4 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0056 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW27 km/h SSW482.0 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0053 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SSW471.7 m ▼0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0027 Grim1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW31 km/h SW461.7 m ▼0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
07:0047 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SW451.9 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
08:0050 Fresh1.1 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SW422.3 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
09:0054 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SW422.7 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Letterfrack (modelled), 11 km away · metres above chart datum
03:2509:4016:0022:10
Low 03:25 · 1.1 mHigh 09:40 · 4.1 mLow 16:00 · 1.1 mHigh 22:10 · 3.8 m

The spot

Faces
263° W
Swell window
SSE 160° → N 10°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 4.3 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 listedToiletsParkingDogs on lead

As listed by Galway County Council. Open in Maps.

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Clifden Beach is a small sheltered sandy beach located close to Clifden Town, 78kms to the west of Galway City on the shores of Clifden Bay. The bathing area is located down a narrow road called “The Beach Road” beside Clifden Boat Club and the RNLI Station. It is divided from a rocky shore and a mooring facility by a small grassy headland. There is a small seating area overlooking the rocky shore.Clifden Beach had been an identified/regulated bathing water and was monitored and managed under the terms of the 2008 Bathing Water Quality Regulations. Clifden Beach was declassified in 2021 due to Poor water quality - it had been classified as Poor for five consecutive years (2016 to 2020). Clifden Beach is no longer an identified/regulated bathing water, but continues to be monitored by Galway County Council as an other monitored water.

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🏄 Clifden Beach surf · Fresh · sea 16° · 1.5 mFri, 2 Oct 09:30–10:30 · overhead 1.5 m, period 12 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Clifden Beach surf · Grand · sea 16° · 0.9 mSat, 3 Oct 08:30–09:30 · chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
🏄 Clifden Beach surf · Fresh · sea 16° · 1.0 mSun, 4 Oct 10:30–11:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind

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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.