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Dog's Bay, Roundstone

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Surf score now
75
Decent · overhead 1.7 m, period 10 s
Waves
1.7 m
11 s period from WSW · model cell 1.8 km out
Sea
15.5°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 244 km away.
Tide
3.3 m
Falling. Low at 04:20.
Wind
16 km/h
Gentle breeze, W, cross, gusts 26
Daylight
07:44
Sunrise. Sunset 19:13. Air 11°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
08:00
Decent 67/100
chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.4 m · 10 km/h
▼ 04:20 ▲ 10:40 ▼ 17:00 ▲ 23:25
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Fresh 61/100
chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 1.4 m · 27 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:55 ▼ 18:40
Mon, 5 Oct
09:00
Decent 75/100
overhead 1.6 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 1.6 m · 29 km/h
▲ 01:05 ▼ 07:10 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grand 84/100
chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, offshore wind · 1.1 m · 19 km/h
▲ 02:35 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:25
Wed, 7 Oct
19:00
Fresh 61/100
chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.9 m · 21 km/h
▲ 03:40 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:15
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 14 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 10:30 ▲ 16:35 ▼ 23:00
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 35 km/h
▲ 05:10 ▼ 11:10 ▲ 17:30 ▼ 23:35

Week at a glance

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Sat 00:0075 · Decentoverhead 1.7 m · period 10 s
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 00:00 · 75 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 78 Decent · nightSat 02:00 · 81 Grand · nightSat 03:00 · 85 Grand · nightSat 04:00 · 88 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 77 Decent · nightSat 06:00 · 74 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 71 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 67 DecentSat 09:00 · 64 DecentSat 10:00 · 59 FreshSat 11:00 · 58 FreshSat 12:00 · 61 FreshSat 13:00 · 64 DecentSat 14:00 · 54 FreshSat 15:00 · 57 FreshSat 16:00 · 60 FreshSat 17:00 · 63 DecentSat 18:00 · 60 FreshSat 19:00 · 57 FreshSat 20:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 21:00 · 51 Fresh · nightSat 22:00 · 47 Fresh · nightSat 23:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 00:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSun 01:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSun 02:00 · 34 Blowy · nightSun 03:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSun 04:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSun 06:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 42 Blowy · nightSun 08:00 · 39 BlowySun 09:00 · 35 BlowySun 10:00 · 32 BlowySun 11:00 · 29 BlowySun 12:00 · 26 GrimSun 13:00 · 29 BlowySun 14:00 · 32 BlowySun 15:00 · 35 BlowySun 16:00 · 38 BlowySun 17:00 · 41 BlowySun 18:00 · 61 FreshSun 19:00 · 45 FreshSun 20:00 · 59 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 49 Fresh · nightMon 00:00 · 46 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 43 Blowy · nightMon 02:00 · 39 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 59 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 63 Decent · nightMon 05:00 · 66 Decent · nightMon 06:00 · 69 Decent · nightMon 07:00 · 55 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 53 FreshMon 09:00 · 75 DecentMon 10:00 · 64 DecentMon 11:00 · 61 FreshMon 12:00 · 58 FreshMon 13:00 · 54 FreshMon 14:00 · 45 FreshMon 15:00 · 48 FreshMon 16:00 · 51 FreshMon 17:00 · 54 FreshMon 18:00 · 57 FreshMon 19:00 · 60 FreshMon 22:00 · 57 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 48 Fresh · nightTue 04:00 · 48 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 84 Grand · nightTue 10:00 · 84 GrandTue 13:00 · 75 DecentTue 16:00 · 48 FreshTue 19:00 · 57 FreshTue 22:00 · 62 Decent · nightWed 01:00 · 53 Fresh · nightWed 04:00 · 35 Blowy · nightWed 07:00 · 39 Blowy · nightWed 10:00 · 45 FreshWed 13:00 · 35 BlowyWed 16:00 · 27 GrimWed 19:00 · 61 FreshWed 22:00 · 70 Decent · nightThu 01:00 · 62 Decent · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 GrimFri 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 13:00 · 0 GrimFri 19:00 · 0 Grim

Sat, 3 Oct, 00:00

75 Decent
  • overhead 1.7 m
  • period 10 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.7 m16 km/h
faces 205° SSW · wind cross
Waves
1.7 m @ 11 s from WSW
Wind
16 km/h W · gusts 26
Tide
3.4 m · upper half
Air
11°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
00:0075 Decent1.7 m (0.8 swell)11 sWSW16 km/h W263.4 m dry11°overhead 1.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0078 Decent1.7 m (0.8 swell)11 sWSW16 km/h W252.8 m dry11°overhead 1.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0081 Grand1.6 m (0.8 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h W242.2 m dry12°overhead 1.6 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0085 Grand1.6 m (0.8 swell)10 sWSW13 km/h WSW241.7 m dry12°overhead 1.6 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0088 Grand1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h WSW241.4 m ▼dry12°overhead 1.5 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0077 Decent1.5 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW16 km/h W231.5 m ▼dry12°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0074 Decent1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW13 km/h W211.8 m dry12°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0071 Decent1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h W192.3 m dry12°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0067 Decent1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h W172.9 m dry12°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0064 Decent1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h W163.4 m dry13°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0059 Fresh1.3 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h WSW173.8 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
11:0058 Fresh1.3 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW11 km/h SW213.8 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
12:0061 Fresh1.3 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW13 km/h SSW233.6 m dry14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
13:0064 Decent1.3 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW14 km/h SSW263.2 m dry15°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
14:0054 Fresh1.3 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h SSW282.6 m dry15°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
15:0057 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW18 km/h SSW312.0 m dry15°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
16:0060 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW18 km/h SSW331.6 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
17:0063 Decent1.2 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW18 km/h SSW331.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
18:0060 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h SSW331.4 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
19:0057 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h SSW321.7 m dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
20:0054 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW17 km/h S332.2 m dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
21:0051 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW19 km/h SSW372.8 m dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
22:0047 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW23 km/h SSW403.2 m dry15°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
23:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW23 km/h S453.5 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0045 Fresh1.3 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h S483.5 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.3 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
01:0031 Blowy1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW29 km/h SSW493.3 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
02:0034 Blowy1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SSW492.9 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
03:0054 Fresh1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SW492.4 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
04:0058 Fresh1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW27 km/h SW492.0 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
05:0061 Fresh1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SW491.7 m ▼0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
06:0045 Fresh1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SW481.7 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
07:0042 Blowy1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SW481.9 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
08:0039 Blowy1.4 m (0.7 swell)10 sWSW29 km/h SW482.3 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
09:0035 Blowy1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SW472.7 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
10:0032 Blowy1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SW463.2 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
11:0029 Blowy1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW34 km/h SW463.5 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
12:0026 Grim1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW33 km/h SW463.7 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
13:0029 Blowy1.5 m (0.6 swell)10 sSW34 km/h SW473.6 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
14:0032 Blowy1.5 m (0.6 swell)10 sSW32 km/h SW473.2 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
15:0035 Blowy1.5 m (0.6 swell)10 sSW32 km/h SW482.8 m dry15°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
16:0038 Blowy1.5 m (0.6 swell)10 sSW30 km/h SW462.2 m dry15°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
17:0041 Blowy1.4 m (0.5 swell)10 sSW29 km/h SW461.8 m dry15°chest-high 1.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
18:0061 Fresh1.4 m (0.5 swell)10 sSW27 km/h SW451.5 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
19:0045 Fresh1.4 m (0.5 swell)10 sSW32 km/h SW441.4 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
20:0059 Fresh1.4 m (0.5 swell)10 sSW27 km/h WSW411.6 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
21:0056 Fresh1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sSW24 km/h SW412.0 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
22:0053 Fresh1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SW402.4 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
23:0049 Fresh1.4 m (0.6 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SW422.9 m dry15°chest-high 1.5 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 SE and W reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Letterfrack (modelled), 23 km away · metres above chart datum
04:2010:4017:0023:25
Low 04:20 · 1.4 mHigh 10:40 · 3.9 mLow 17:00 · 1.3 mHigh 23:25 · 3.5 m

The spot

Faces
205° SSW
Swell window
SE 140° → W 280°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.8 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 listedNo toiletsNo parking listedDogs on lead

As listed by Galway County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Cois Tra Rugged Retreat · Connemara Sands Hotel, Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely · 10 km · fixed

Oileanra Seaweed Baths and Sauna · Cuigeal, Lettermullan · 22 km · fixed

Sweathouse (Renvyle) · Gurteen Pier, Renvyle, Connemara · 25 km · fixed

Dog's Bay is located close to Roundstone village , Co Galway and has a horseshoe shape with more than a mile long stretch of white sandy beach. The beach is naturally protected by the headland which it faces to the south and this is a popular destination for holidaymakers in the summer. The area has international importance for its rare and interesting ecological, geological and archaeological features. The sand and grassland habitats are of particular interest as the sand was not formed from rocks, but rather from the shells of tiny sea creatures known as foraminifera. The grasslands, made up of machair vegetation is considered rare and is found only on the west coast of Ireland and Scotland.

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🏄 Dog's Bay, Roundstone surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.4 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Dog's Bay, Roundstone surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 1.4 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · chest-high 1.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
🏄 Dog's Bay, Roundstone surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.6 mMon, 5 Oct 08:30–09:30 · overhead 1.6 m, period 11 s, cross-shore 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.