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Clonea Beach

Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag Green Coast faces SE

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69
Decent · chest-high 0.9 m, offshore wind
Waves
0.9 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 2.2 km out
Sea
16.9°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 73 km away.
Tide
2.8 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 21:50.
Wind
13 km/h
Gentle breeze, W, offshore, gusts 30
Daylight
07:32
Sunrise. Sunset 19:07. Air 14°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
19:00
Decent 68/100
chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.9 m · 17 km/h
▼ 03:30 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 15:55 ▲ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
17:00
Grim 23/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 8 km/h
▼ 04:25 ▲ 10:25 ▼ 17:00 ▲ 22:55
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 25/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 15 km/h
▼ 05:20 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:05
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grim 21/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 17 km/h
▲ 00:20 ▼ 06:55 ▲ 13:15 ▼ 19:45
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 10 km/h
▲ 01:55 ▼ 08:15 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:05
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 15 km/h
▲ 03:10 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:10
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▲ 04:10 ▼ 10:35 ▲ 16:40 ▼ 22:55

Week at a glance

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Fri 20:0069 · Decentchest-high 0.9 m · offshore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 16:00 · 48 FreshFri 17:00 · 44 BlowyFri 18:00 · 36 BlowyFri 19:00 · 68 DecentFri 20:00 · 69 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 29 Blowy · nightFri 22:00 · 27 Grim · nightFri 23:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 23 Grim · nightSat 01:00 · 36 Blowy · nightSat 02:00 · 39 Blowy · nightSat 03:00 · 42 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSat 05:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 24 Grim · nightSat 08:00 · 21 GrimSat 09:00 · 18 GrimSat 10:00 · 14 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 8 GrimSat 13:00 · 9 GrimSat 14:00 · 12 GrimSat 15:00 · 15 GrimSat 16:00 · 18 GrimSat 17:00 · 23 GrimSat 18:00 · 20 GrimSat 19:00 · 16 GrimSat 20:00 · 13 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 19 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 16 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 13 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 16 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 19 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 26 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 19 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSun 06:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSun 07:00 · 18 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 25 GrimSun 09:00 · 22 GrimSun 10:00 · 8 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 · 12 GrimSun 18:00 · 15 GrimSun 19:00 · 12 GrimSun 20:00 · 9 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 6 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 7 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 4 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 8 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 11 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 14 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 17 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 20 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 23 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 20 GrimMon 09:00 · 16 GrimMon 10:00 · 13 GrimMon 11:00 · 2 GrimMon 12:00 · 0 GrimMon 13:00 · 0 GrimMon 14:00 · 0 GrimMon 15:00 · 0 GrimMon 16:00 · 3 GrimMon 17:00 · 7 GrimMon 18:00 · 10 GrimMon 19:00 · 21 GrimMon 22:00 · 16 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 · 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 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 20:00

69 Decent
  • chest-high 0.9 m
  • offshore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.9 m13 km/h
faces 131° SE · wind offshore
Waves
0.9 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
13 km/h W · gusts 30
Tide
2.8 m · upper half
Air
14°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
19:0068 Decent0.9 m6 sSSE17 km/h W462.1 m 1.2 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
20:0069 Decent0.9 m6 sSSE13 km/h W302.8 m dry14°chest-high 0.9 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
21:0029 Blowy0.8 m6 sSSE10 km/h NW223.3 m ▲dry12°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
22:0027 Grim0.8 m6 sSSE8 km/h WNW203.5 m ▲dry11°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
23:0030 Blowy0.8 m6 sSSE8 km/h WNW173.4 m ▲dry10°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0023 Grim0.7 m6 sSSE6 km/h WSW162.9 m dry9°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
01:0036 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE4 km/h WNW142.4 m dry8°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
02:0039 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE6 km/h WNW121.8 m dry8°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
03:0042 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE7 km/h NW121.2 m dry7°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
04:0045 Fresh0.6 m6 sSSE9 km/h NW120.9 m ▼dry7°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
05:0044 Blowy0.6 m6 sSSE8 km/h WNW120.9 m ▼dry7°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
06:0041 Blowy0.6 m5 sSSE9 km/h NW121.3 m dry7°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
07:0024 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE4 km/h N121.9 m dry8°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
08:0021 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE4 km/h NW122.5 m dry9°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
09:0018 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE5 km/h NW113.1 m dry10°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:0014 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE3 km/h WNW103.4 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE4 km/h WSW123.4 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:008 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE5 km/h S133.2 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:009 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE7 km/h SSE152.7 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
14:0012 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE9 km/h SSE192.2 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
15:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE201.6 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
16:0018 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h S211.2 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
17:0023 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h S211.1 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0020 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE5 km/h S191.2 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
19:0016 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE4 km/h SSW171.6 m dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
20:0013 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE10 km/h SSW142.1 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
21:0019 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE5 km/h WNW132.7 m dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
22:0016 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE7 km/h NNW133.1 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
23:0013 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h NW143.2 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
Sunday, 4 October
00:0016 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h NNW143.1 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
01:0019 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE7 km/h NW152.8 m dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
02:0023 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h NW152.4 m dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0026 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h W161.9 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0019 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h W171.4 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
05:0032 Blowy0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h W191.2 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
06:0031 Blowy0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h W211.1 m ▼dry12°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
07:0018 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h WSW211.4 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
08:0025 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE15 km/h W221.8 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
09:0022 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE11 km/h W232.4 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:008 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h W252.8 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h WSW273.1 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:004 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE13 km/h WSW293.2 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE19 km/h WSW303.1 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
14:002 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW322.7 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
15:005 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW332.3 m dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
16:008 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW351.9 m dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
17:0012 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW331.5 m ▼dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0015 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW321.3 m ▼dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Dungarvan (modelled), 3 km away · metres above chart datum
03:3009:3015:5521:50
Low 03:30 · 0.7 mHigh 09:30 · 3.7 mLow 15:55 · 0.8 mHigh 21:50 · 3.5 m

The spot

Faces
131° SE
Swell window
E 80° → S 190°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 2.2 km out
Water
Excellent Quality · Blue Flag

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

Water quality

Recent grades: 2024 Excellent, 2023 Excellent, 2022 Excellent. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

Lifeguard: YesToiletsParkingPublic busesAccessible: Ramp to beachNo dogs (No dogs allowed between 11am to 7pm, June, July and August)

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

Sauna after?

The Hot Pod (Clonea) · Clonea Lower Beach, Dungarvan · right here · mobile

The Hot Pod (Kilmurrin Cove) · Kilmurrin Cove, Copper Coast · 16 km · mobile

Endorfin · Dunabrattin Pier, Boatstrand · 17 km · mobile

The Stove Sauna · Ballyscanlan Lough (lower lake), Ballyscanlon Wellness Retreats · 24 km · fixed

Clonea is a sandy beach with a gentle slope down to the low water mark and beyond. Rock pools become accessible at the west side of the beach during periods of low tide. The rock pools support a variety marine wildlife and plants. Activities include swimming, surfing, body-boarding and kayaking. There is an outdoor activity centre operating at the beach during the summer period. While the beach is 1 km long, the designated bathing area is approximately 500 metres long and 200 metres wide (at low tide).

Put Clonea Beach in your calendar

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🏄 Clonea Beach surf · Decent · sea 17° · 0.9 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Clonea Beach surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.4 mSat, 3 Oct 16:30–17:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Clonea Beach surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide

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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.