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Courtown, North Beach

Excellent Quality 2025 faces E

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Surf score now
70
Decent · chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind
Waves
1.1 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 2.8 km out
Sea
15.2°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 107 km away.
Tide
1.0 m
Falling. Low at 21:15.
Wind
24 km/h
Moderate breeze, SW, offshore, gusts 50
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 16°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
19:00
Decent 69/100
chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 1.1 m · 24 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 08:35 ▲ 17:15 ▼ 21:15
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Blowy 28/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 10 km/h
▲ 06:10 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 18:30 ▼ 22:50
Sun, 4 Oct
19:00
Grim 14/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 24 km/h
▲ 07:15 ▼ 11:00 ▲ 19:15
Mon, 5 Oct
10:00
Grim 25/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 20 km/h
▼ 00:35 ▲ 08:15 ▼ 12:25 ▲ 20:15
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 17 km/h
▼ 01:40 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 13:30 ▲ 21:00
Wed, 7 Oct
19:00
Grim 26/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 18 km/h
▼ 02:35 ▲ 10:05 ▼ 14:15 ▲ 21:45
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 14 km/h
▼ 03:05 ▲ 10:50 ▼ 15:00 ▲ 22:25

Week at a glance

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Fri 19:0069 · Decentchest-high 1.1 m · offshore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 11:00 · 14 GrimFri 12:00 · 41 BlowyFri 13:00 · 38 BlowyFri 14:00 · 41 BlowyFri 15:00 · 43 BlowyFri 16:00 · 45 FreshFri 17:00 · 59 FreshFri 18:00 · 56 FreshFri 19:00 · 69 DecentFri 20:00 · 69 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 52 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 28 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 01:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 24 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 26 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 28 BlowySat 08:00 · 23 GrimSat 09:00 · 17 GrimSat 10:00 · 14 GrimSat 11:00 · 16 GrimSat 12:00 · 8 GrimSat 13:00 · 5 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 · 5 GrimSun 14:00 · 2 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 7 GrimSun 17:00 · 10 GrimSun 18:00 · 12 GrimSun 19:00 · 14 GrimSun 20:00 · 12 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 8 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 1 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 15 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 19 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 22 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 25 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 27 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 12 Grim · nightMon 10:00 · 25 GrimMon 13:00 · 14 GrimMon 16:00 · 22 GrimMon 19:00 · 20 GrimMon 22:00 · 27 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 · 29 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 1 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 7 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 23 GrimWed 13:00 · 1 GrimWed 19:00 · 26 GrimThu 01:00 · 21 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 19:00

69 Decent
  • chest-high 1.1 m
  • offshore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • rain
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.1 m24 km/h
faces 100° E · wind offshore
Waves
1.1 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
24 km/h SW · gusts 50
Tide
0.9 m · upper half
Air
16°C · 1.2 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
18:0056 Fresh1.1 m6 sSSE31 km/h SSW551.1 m ▲0.8 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
19:0069 Decent1.1 m6 sSSE24 km/h SW500.9 m 1.2 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
20:0069 Decent1.0 m6 sSSE18 km/h W410.8 m 0.6 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
21:0052 Fresh0.9 m6 sSSE17 km/h W300.6 m ▼dry14°chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
22:0028 Blowy0.8 m6 sSSE13 km/h W240.6 m ▼dry12°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
23:0030 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE15 km/h W230.7 m dry10°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0032 Blowy0.6 m6 sSSE13 km/h W210.9 m dry9°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
01:0021 Grim0.6 m6 sSSE11 km/h W200.9 m dry9°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0024 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE8 km/h WSW170.9 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0026 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE8 km/h W140.9 m dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
04:0028 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE6 km/h WNW120.9 m dry6°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
05:0030 Blowy0.4 m6 sSSE6 km/h W111.1 m ▲dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
06:0033 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE6 km/h W111.1 m ▲dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
07:0028 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h WNW121.1 m dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
08:0023 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h W121.0 m dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
09:0017 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE8 km/h W120.8 m ▼dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
10:0014 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE6 km/h W120.8 m ▼dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
11:0016 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h WSW120.8 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
12:008 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h SSW120.9 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
13:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h SSE151.0 m dry15°flat
14:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h SSE191.0 m dry15°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h SSE221.0 m dry15°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h S241.0 m dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE14 km/h S251.1 m ▲dry15°flat
18:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE11 km/h SSW241.2 m ▲dry15°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSW211.2 m ▲dry13°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h SSW171.1 m dry11°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW170.9 m dry10°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW180.7 m ▼dry9°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W180.6 m ▼dry8°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h W190.7 m ▼dry7°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h W190.7 m dry7°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE11 km/h W200.8 m dry7°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W220.8 m dry8°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW230.8 m dry9°flat
05:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW240.9 m dry9°flat
06:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h WSW251.1 m ▲dry10°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h W261.2 m ▲dry10°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW291.2 m dry15°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW301.1 m dry15°flat
10:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW320.9 m dry16°flat
11:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW330.8 m ▼dry16°flat
12:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW340.9 m ▼dry17°flat
13:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW350.9 m dry18°flat
14:002 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW361.0 m dry18°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
15:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW361.0 m dry18°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
16:007 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE26 km/h SW361.0 m dry18°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
17:0010 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE26 km/h SW351.0 m dry18°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Arklow, 17 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
100° E
Swell window
NNE 30° → S 180°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 2.8 km out
Water
Excellent Quality

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: YesToiletsParkingBusAccessible: Wooden boardwalkDogs on lead

As listed by Wexford County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Realt na Mara Saunas · South Beach, Courtown · right here · fixed

The Sweaty Horsebox Sauna · Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe · 29 km · mobile

Courtown North beach is an urban fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is fine and wind-blown. The beach also has a viewing area. The beach is backed by dunes which are generally well vegetated. There is no significant vegetation growing in the waters off the beach. There is a designated area for jet skis. The beach is also used by a limited number of surfers, windsurfers and canoeists. The bathing area is approximately 0.5 km long and approximately 0.1 km² in area.

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🏄 Courtown, North Beach surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.1 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Courtown, North Beach surf · Blowy · sea 15° · 0.4 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Courtown, North Beach surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.4 mSun, 4 Oct 18:30–19:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-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.