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Courtown, North Beach

Excellent Quality 2025 faces E

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19
Grim · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
Waves
0.3 m
5 s period from SSE · model cell 2.8 km out
Sea
14.9°
Fresh. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 107 km away.
Tide
0.9 m
Rising. High at 18:30.
Wind
4 km/h
Light air, SW, cross, gusts 12
Daylight
07:28
Sunrise. Sunset 18:59. Air 14°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
11:00
Blowy 30/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 6 km/h
▲ 06:10 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 18:30 ▼ 22:50
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 9 km/h
▲ 07:15 ▼ 11:00 ▲ 19:15
Mon, 5 Oct
16:00
Grim 24/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 22 km/h
▼ 00:35 ▲ 08:15 ▼ 12:25 ▲ 20:15
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 14 km/h
▼ 01:40 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 13:30 ▲ 21:00
Wed, 7 Oct
16:00
Blowy 28/100
knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.6 m · 23 km/h
▼ 02:35 ▲ 10:05 ▼ 14:15 ▲ 21:45
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Fresh 48/100
waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.7 m · 16 km/h
▼ 03:05 ▲ 10:50 ▼ 15:00 ▲ 22:25
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 39 km/h
▼ 03:45 ▲ 11:30 ▼ 15:35 ▲ 20:00

Week at a glance

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Sat 12:0018 · Grimknee-high 0.3 m · cross-shore wind
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 00:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 38 Blowy · 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 · 13 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 · 5 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 5 GrimSun 17:00 · 5 GrimSun 18:00 · 0 GrimSun 19:00 · 4 GrimSun 20:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 2 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 27 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 31 Blowy · nightMon 01:00 · 32 Blowy · nightMon 02:00 · 29 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 27 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 24 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 21 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 1 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 0 GrimMon 09:00 · 0 GrimMon 10:00 · 3 GrimMon 11:00 · 8 GrimMon 12:00 · 13 GrimMon 13:00 · 14 GrimMon 14:00 · 11 GrimMon 15:00 · 8 GrimMon 16:00 · 24 GrimMon 17:00 · 21 GrimMon 18:00 · 9 GrimMon 19:00 · 6 GrimMon 22:00 · 19 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 21 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 27 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 5 GrimTue 13:00 · 5 GrimTue 16:00 · 5 GrimTue 19:00 · 0 GrimTue 22:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 9 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 24 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 16 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 0 GrimWed 13:00 · 9 GrimWed 16:00 · 28 BlowyWed 19:00 · 20 GrimWed 22:00 · 14 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 25 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 23 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 48 FreshThu 19:00 · 12 GrimFri 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightFri 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 13:00 · 0 GrimFri 19:00 · 0 Grim

Sat, 3 Oct, 12:00

18 Grim
  • knee-high 0.3 m
  • cross-shore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.3 m4 km/h
faces 100° E · wind cross
Waves
0.3 m @ 5 s from SSE
Wind
4 km/h SW · gusts 12
Tide
0.9 m · lower 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
11:0030 Blowy0.3 m5 sSSE6 km/h W130.8 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
12:0018 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE4 km/h SW120.9 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
13:0013 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE7 km/h SE131.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
14:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE13 km/h SE171.0 m dry14°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE13 km/h SSE191.0 m dry14°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SSE211.0 m dry14°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SSE201.1 m ▲dry14°flat
18:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h S191.2 m ▲dry14°flat
19:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h SSW171.2 m ▲dry12°flat
20:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h WSW141.1 m dry10°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE7 km/h W130.9 m dry8°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W140.7 m ▼dry7°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W140.6 m ▼dry7°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WNW140.7 m ▼dry6°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W140.7 m dry6°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WNW140.8 m dry6°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE11 km/h W150.8 m dry7°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WNW150.8 m dry6°flat
05:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WNW160.9 m dry6°flat
06:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE11 km/h W171.1 m ▲dry7°flat
07:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h W181.2 m ▲dry7°flat
08:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W201.2 m dry8°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW221.1 m dry11°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE18 km/h WSW270.9 m dry14°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE13 km/h WSW300.8 m ▼dry15°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE11 km/h SW310.9 m ▼dry16°flat
13:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE14 km/h SW310.9 m dry18°flat
14:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSSE16 km/h SW311.0 m dry19°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSSE17 km/h SW321.0 m dry19°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW321.0 m dry19°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW321.0 m dry19°flat
18:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW311.1 m ▲dry18°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
19:004 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE17 km/h SW291.2 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
20:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW311.3 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
21:002 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW301.1 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
22:0023 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW340.9 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
23:0027 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW300.7 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
Monday, 5 October
00:0031 Blowy0.4 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW300.6 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
01:0032 Blowy0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW320.6 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0029 Blowy0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW310.6 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
03:0027 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW310.7 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0024 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW310.7 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0021 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW320.8 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
06:001 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW310.9 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
07:000 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW331.1 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
08:000 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW311.2 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
09:000 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW321.2 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
10:003 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW341.1 m dry16°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
06:1009:4018:3022:50
High 06:10 · 1.1 mLow 09:40 · 0.8 mHigh 18:30 · 1.2 mLow 22:50 · 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 · Blowy · sea 15° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 10:30–11:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Courtown, North Beach surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat
🏄 Courtown, North Beach surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.3 mMon, 5 Oct 15:30–16:30 · 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.