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Derrymore

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49
Fresh · chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s
Waves
0.9 m
11 s period from NW · model cell 3.4 km out
Sea
15.4°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 123 km away.
Tide
2.3 m
Falling, nearly low. Low at 15:15.
Wind
47 km/h
Strong breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 72
Daylight
07:41
Sunrise. Sunset 19:16. Air 16°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours
Today
16:00
Decent 71/100
chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 0.9 m · 27 km/h
▼ 02:40 ▲ 09:15 ▼ 15:15 ▲ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
08:00
Decent 64/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, offshore wind · 0.8 m · 9 km/h
▼ 03:40 ▲ 10:15 ▼ 16:30 ▲ 23:00
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Fresh 54/100
waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.7 m · 18 km/h
▼ 04:55 ▲ 11:35 ▼ 18:15
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Fresh 54/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 13 km/h
▲ 00:35 ▼ 06:50 ▲ 13:05 ▼ 19:55
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Fresh 54/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 8 km/h
▲ 02:00 ▼ 08:10 ▲ 14:35 ▼ 20:45
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Fresh 52/100
waist-high 0.6 m, period 9 s, light onshore · 0.6 m · 14 km/h
▲ 03:10 ▼ 09:10 ▲ 15:20 ▼ 21:45
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 15 km/h
▲ 03:55 ▼ 10:00 ▲ 16:05 ▼ 22:20

Week at a glance

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Fri 13:0049 · Freshchest-high 0.9 m · period 11 s
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 12:00 · 49 FreshFri 13:00 · 49 FreshFri 14:00 · 49 FreshFri 15:00 · 54 FreshFri 16:00 · 71 DecentFri 17:00 · 63 DecentFri 18:00 · 63 DecentFri 19:00 · 63 DecentFri 20:00 · 71 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 79 Decent · nightFri 22:00 · 79 Decent · nightFri 23:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 00:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 02:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 03:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 04:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 05:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 06:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 64 DecentSat 09:00 · 64 DecentSat 10:00 · 54 FreshSat 11:00 · 54 FreshSat 12:00 · 54 FreshSat 13:00 · 52 FreshSat 14:00 · 52 FreshSat 15:00 · 52 FreshSat 16:00 · 54 FreshSat 17:00 · 54 FreshSat 18:00 · 54 FreshSat 19:00 · 46 FreshSat 20:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 21:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 22:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 23:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 00:00 · 64 Decent · nightSun 01:00 · 64 Decent · nightSun 02:00 · 64 Decent · nightSun 03:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 04:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 06:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 46 FreshSun 09:00 · 46 FreshSun 10:00 · 46 FreshSun 11:00 · 46 FreshSun 12:00 · 34 BlowySun 13:00 · 34 BlowySun 14:00 · 46 FreshSun 15:00 · 46 FreshSun 16:00 · 46 FreshSun 17:00 · 46 FreshSun 18:00 · 54 FreshSun 19:00 · 54 FreshSun 20:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 00:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 02:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 03:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 05:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 07:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 54 FreshMon 09:00 · 54 FreshMon 10:00 · 54 FreshMon 11:00 · 54 FreshMon 12:00 · 54 FreshMon 13:00 · 54 FreshMon 14:00 · 54 FreshMon 15:00 · 54 FreshMon 16:00 · 54 FreshMon 17:00 · 54 FreshMon 18:00 · 54 FreshMon 19:00 · 54 FreshMon 22:00 · 54 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightTue 04:00 · 54 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 54 Fresh · nightTue 10:00 · 54 FreshTue 13:00 · 38 BlowyTue 16:00 · 38 BlowyTue 19:00 · 52 FreshTue 22:00 · 38 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 52 Fresh · nightWed 04:00 · 52 Fresh · nightWed 07:00 · 52 Fresh · nightWed 10:00 · 52 FreshWed 13:00 · 38 BlowyWed 16:00 · 38 BlowyWed 19:00 · 52 FreshWed 22:00 · 52 Fresh · nightThu 01:00 · 52 Fresh · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 13:00

49 Fresh
  • chest-high 0.9 m
  • period 11 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • rain
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.9 m47 km/h
faces 325° NW · wind cross
Waves
0.9 m @ 11 s from NW
Wind
47 km/h SSW · gusts 72
Tide
2.3 m · lower half
Air
16°C · 3.8 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
13:0049 Fresh0.9 m (0.8 swell)11 sNW47 km/h SSW722.3 m 3.8 mm16°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
14:0049 Fresh0.9 m (0.8 swell)11 sNW47 km/h SW701.7 m 4.8 mm16°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
15:0054 Fresh0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW33 km/h W511.4 m ▼1.4 mm15°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
16:0071 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW27 km/h W361.4 m ▼dry15°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
17:0063 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW27 km/h W351.8 m dry15°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
18:0063 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW27 km/h W332.3 m dry14°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
19:0063 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW26 km/h W312.9 m dry14°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
20:0071 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW19 km/h WSW263.4 m dry13°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
21:0079 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW17 km/h SW233.9 m ▲dry12°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
22:0079 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW16 km/h SW224.0 m ▲dry11°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
23:0079 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW17 km/h SW213.8 m dry11°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0079 Decent0.9 m (0.7 swell)11 sNW15 km/h SW193.3 m dry11°chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
01:0054 Fresh0.9 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW14 km/h SSW182.7 m dry11°waist-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
02:0054 Fresh0.9 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW15 km/h SSW172.1 m dry11°waist-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
03:0054 Fresh0.9 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW17 km/h SSW161.8 m ▼dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
04:0054 Fresh0.9 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW16 km/h SSW161.7 m ▼dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
05:0054 Fresh0.9 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW3 km/h SSW151.9 m dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
06:0064 Decent0.9 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW5 km/h S152.3 m dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, offshore wind
07:0064 Decent0.8 m (0.6 swell)11 sNW9 km/h S142.8 m dry11°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
08:0064 Decent0.8 m (0.6 swell)10 sNW9 km/h S143.3 m dry11°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
09:0064 Decent0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW6 km/h E143.7 m ▲dry12°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
10:0054 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW4 km/h E154.0 m ▲dry13°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0054 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW5 km/h NE173.9 m ▲dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0054 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW6 km/h NNE203.5 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0052 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW4 km/h NNW223.0 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
14:0052 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW6 km/h NNW242.5 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
15:0052 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW4 km/h NNW272.0 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
16:0054 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW3 km/h SSW281.7 m ▼dry17°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0054 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW6 km/h SSW291.6 m ▼dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0054 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW12 km/h SW281.9 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
19:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW19 km/h SSW282.2 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
20:0064 Decent0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW29 km/h S312.6 m dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
21:0064 Decent0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW28 km/h S333.1 m dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
22:0064 Decent0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW16 km/h S333.5 m ▲dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
23:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW33 km/h S343.8 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, strong offshore
Sunday, 4 October
00:0064 Decent0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW32 km/h S343.6 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
01:0064 Decent0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW31 km/h S353.3 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
02:0064 Decent0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW32 km/h SSW362.9 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
03:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW32 km/h SSW362.5 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)11 sNW27 km/h SSW382.1 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)11 sNW28 km/h SW392.0 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)11 sNW26 km/h SW392.0 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW28 km/h SW392.3 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW28 km/h SW392.6 m dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW28 km/h SW403.0 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW29 km/h SSW403.5 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0046 Fresh0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW30 km/h SSW393.8 m ▲dry16°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0034 Blowy0.7 m (0.5 swell)10 sNW33 km/h SSW403.8 m ▲dry16°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Fenit, 4 km away · metres above chart datum
02:4009:1515:1521:50
Low 02:40 · 1.3 mHigh 09:15 · 4.3 mLow 15:15 · 1.3 mHigh 21:50 · 4.0 m

The spot

Faces
325° NW
Swell window
WNW 290° → N 0°
Exposure
Sheltered · model cell 3.4 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.

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On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsNo parking listedDogs on lead

As listed by Kerry County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Fenit Lighthouse Sauna · Fenit pier · 4 km · fixed

Brandon Bay Sauna · Fahamore, Maharees, Castlegregory · 14 km · fixed

Samhradh's Sauna · Cromane, Iveragh Peninsula · 16 km · mobile

Rossbeigh Sauna · Rossbeigh Beach, Glenbeigh · 20 km · mobile

Derrymore Beach is located just a few miles from Tralee in County Kerry. It is a stunning sandy beach, ideal for walking.

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🏄 Derrymore surf · Decent · sea 15° · 0.9 mFri, 2 Oct 15:30–16:30 · chest-high 0.9 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Derrymore surf · Decent · sea 15° · 0.8 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
🏄 Derrymore surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 0.7 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

Nearby spots

Derrymore Lake

4 km · Co. Kerry · Not classified

Fenit

4 km · Co. Kerry · Excellent Quality

Coumbrack Lake

5 km · Co. Kerry · Not classified

Glan Lough

9 km · Co. Kerry · Not classified

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