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Dugort Beach, Achill Island

Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag faces NNW

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Surf score now
68
Decent · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s
Waves
1.0 m
10 s period from WNW · model cell 2.9 km out
Sea
15.2°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 308 km away.
Tide
2.3 m
Rising. High at 10:55.
Wind
14 km/h
Gentle breeze, WSW, cross, gusts 29
Daylight
07:45
Sunrise. Sunset 19:13. Air 11°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
11:00
Decent 79/100
chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.0 m · 15 km/h
▼ 04:30 ▲ 10:55 ▼ 17:25 ▲ 23:40
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Fresh 58/100
chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.0 m · 32 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 12:10 ▼ 18:50
Mon, 5 Oct
16:00
Decent 64/100
chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.1 m · 31 km/h
▲ 01:15 ▼ 07:15 ▲ 13:40 ▼ 20:25
Tue, 6 Oct
16:00
Blowy 35/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 0.8 m · 23 km/h
▲ 02:50 ▼ 08:50 ▲ 14:55 ▼ 21:30
Wed, 7 Oct
16:00
Fresh 46/100
chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 0.9 m · 31 km/h
▲ 03:55 ▼ 09:50 ▲ 16:00 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 10:40 ▲ 16:45 ▼ 23:10
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 37 km/h
▲ 05:25 ▼ 11:25 ▲ 17:35 ▼ 23:55

Week at a glance

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Sat 07:0067 · Decentchest-high 1.0 m · period 10 s
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 07:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 70 DecentSat 09:00 · 73 DecentSat 10:00 · 76 DecentSat 11:00 · 79 DecentSat 12:00 · 76 DecentSat 13:00 · 65 DecentSat 14:00 · 62 DecentSat 15:00 · 58 FreshSat 16:00 · 55 FreshSat 17:00 · 52 FreshSat 18:00 · 71 DecentSat 19:00 · 56 FreshSat 20:00 · 59 Fresh · nightSat 21:00 · 62 Decent · nightSat 22:00 · 66 Decent · nightSat 23:00 · 57 Fresh · nightSun 00:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSun 01:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSun 02:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSun 03:00 · 43 Blowy · nightSun 04:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSun 06:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 58 FreshSun 09:00 · 49 FreshSun 10:00 · 52 FreshSun 11:00 · 55 FreshSun 12:00 · 58 FreshSun 13:00 · 57 FreshSun 14:00 · 54 FreshSun 15:00 · 51 FreshSun 16:00 · 48 FreshSun 17:00 · 45 FreshSun 18:00 · 42 BlowySun 19:00 · 52 FreshSun 20:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 64 Decent · nightMon 00:00 · 55 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 58 Fresh · nightMon 02:00 · 57 Fresh · nightMon 03:00 · 53 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 50 Fresh · nightMon 05:00 · 47 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 55 Fresh · nightMon 07:00 · 52 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 53 FreshMon 09:00 · 56 FreshMon 10:00 · 48 FreshMon 11:00 · 51 FreshMon 12:00 · 54 FreshMon 13:00 · 57 FreshMon 14:00 · 58 FreshMon 15:00 · 55 FreshMon 16:00 · 64 DecentMon 17:00 · 61 FreshMon 18:00 · 58 FreshMon 19:00 · 55 FreshMon 20:00 · 52 Fresh · nightMon 21:00 · 45 Fresh · nightMon 22:00 · 48 Fresh · nightMon 23:00 · 51 Fresh · nightTue 00:00 · 54 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 57 Fresh · nightTue 02:00 · 60 Fresh · nightTue 03:00 · 62 Decent · nightTue 04:00 · 59 Fresh · nightTue 05:00 · 56 Fresh · nightTue 06:00 · 52 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 49 Fresh · nightTue 10:00 · 22 GrimTue 13:00 · 32 BlowyTue 16:00 · 35 BlowyTue 19:00 · 26 GrimTue 22:00 · 20 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 29 Blowy · nightWed 04:00 · 32 Blowy · nightWed 07:00 · 22 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 19 GrimWed 13:00 · 11 GrimWed 16:00 · 46 FreshWed 19:00 · 37 BlowyWed 22:00 · 44 Blowy · nightThu 01:00 · 51 Fresh · nightThu 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 10:00 · 0 GrimThu 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, 07:00

67 Decent
  • chest-high 1.0 m
  • period 10 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.0 m14 km/h
faces 328° NNW · wind cross
Waves
1.0 m @ 10 s from WNW
Wind
14 km/h WSW · gusts 29
Tide
2.1 m · lower 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
07:0067 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h WSW292.1 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0070 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h WSW292.7 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0073 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW12 km/h WSW283.2 m dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0076 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h SW273.6 m ▲dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0079 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW15 km/h SW273.7 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0076 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SW273.6 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0065 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW18 km/h SW283.2 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
14:0062 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW19 km/h SSW302.6 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
15:0058 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SSW322.0 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SSW351.6 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0052 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW371.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0071 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW381.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
19:0056 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW381.6 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
20:0059 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW372.0 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
21:0062 Decent1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW392.5 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
22:0066 Decent1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW32 km/h SSW423.0 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
23:0057 Fresh1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW35 km/h SSW463.3 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0058 Fresh1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW36 km/h SSW503.4 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW35 km/h SSW533.2 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0046 Fresh1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW36 km/h SSW552.9 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0043 Blowy1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW33 km/h SSW542.4 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0045 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW35 km/h SSW542.0 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0041 Blowy1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW33 km/h SSW521.7 m ▼0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0052 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW31 km/h SSW511.6 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW31 km/h SSW511.8 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0058 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW32 km/h SSW512.1 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0049 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW33 km/h SSW502.6 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0052 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW35 km/h SSW503.0 m dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW38 km/h SSW513.4 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0058 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW37 km/h SSW533.5 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0057 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW37 km/h SSW543.5 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
14:0054 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW37 km/h SW543.2 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
15:0051 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW38 km/h SSW532.8 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0048 Fresh0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW36 km/h SSW522.3 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0045 Fresh0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW35 km/h SSW501.8 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0042 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW32 km/h SW501.5 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
19:0052 Fresh1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW31 km/h SW481.4 m ▼dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
20:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW31 km/h SW481.5 m ▼dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
21:0058 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW32 km/h SW481.8 m dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
22:0061 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW31 km/h SW502.2 m dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
23:0064 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW31 km/h SW512.7 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Monday, 5 October
00:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW33 km/h SW513.1 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0058 Fresh1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW32 km/h SW513.3 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0057 Fresh1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW34 km/h SW513.3 m ▲dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
03:0053 Fresh1.1 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW33 km/h SW523.0 m dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
04:0050 Fresh1.2 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW38 km/h SW522.7 m dry15°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
05:0047 Fresh1.2 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW39 km/h SW512.3 m dry15°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
06:0055 Fresh1.1 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW28 km/h SW491.9 m dry15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Achill Island (modelled), 8 km away · metres above chart datum
04:3010:5517:2523:40
Low 04:30 · 1.4 mHigh 10:55 · 3.7 mLow 17:25 · 1.3 mHigh 23:40 · 3.4 m

The spot

Faces
328° NNW
Swell window
S 170° → NNE 20°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2.9 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: YesToiletsParkingAccessible: Ramp leading to beachDogs on lead (Dogs only allowed before 12pm and after 6.30pm during the bathing season (1st June to 15th September) otherwise allowed at all times onto beach.)

As listed by Mayo County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Sabhna Saunas (Dugort) · Dugort Blue Flag Beach, Achill Island · right here · fixed

Sabhna Saunas (Keel) · Keel Beach, Achill Island · 6 km · fixed

Sona Sauna (Belmullet) · Belmullet, Erris · 24 km · mobile

This beach is located approx. 3 Km east of Doogort village in Achill Island. The Designated Bathing Area of Silver Strand is small, 150m long, set at the western end of a north facing medium sized beach approximately 500m long bordered at it's western end by a road leading to Seal Caves further around the headland and a low headland to the east. There is a large grassy area between the beach and the public road and the sand dunes form a visible barrier between this and the beach itself. The bathing area is approximately 2.25km wide. The bathing water is approximately 0.78km2 in area.

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🏄 Dugort Beach, Achill Island surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.0 mSat, 3 Oct 10:30–11:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Dugort Beach, Achill Island surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 1.0 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Dugort Beach, Achill Island surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.1 mMon, 5 Oct 15:30–16:30 · chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

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Golden Strand, Achill Island

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Loughannascaddy

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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.