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Dun Laoghaire Baths

Poor Quality 2025 faces E

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Water quality classification Poor. DLR are committed to maintaining the classification of the Dun Laoghaire Baths at a compliant level and are implementing a plan to rectify the situation that has resulted in the Poor classification for DLB.

Dip score now
68
Decent · moderate breeze, dry
Waves
0.1 m
3 s period from E · model cell 2.4 km out
Sea
15.1°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 51 km away.
Tide
2.6 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 16:10.
Wind
25 km/h
Moderate breeze, S, cross, gusts 46
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:00. Air 17°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
13:00
Decent 69/100
moderate breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.1 m · 25 km/h
▲ 03:40 ▼ 09:30 ▲ 16:10 ▼ 22:10
Sat, 3 Oct
10:00
Grand 98/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.0 m · 1 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 10:30 ▲ 17:10 ▼ 23:15
Sun, 4 Oct
12:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.0 m · 17 km/h
▲ 05:55 ▼ 11:55 ▲ 18:30
Mon, 5 Oct
13:00
Grand 92/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.0 m · 17 km/h
▼ 00:55 ▲ 07:20 ▼ 13:20 ▲ 19:40
Tue, 6 Oct
16:00
Grand 85/100
light winds, showers possible, calm sea · 0.0 m · 9 km/h
▼ 02:20 ▲ 08:40 ▼ 14:30 ▲ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
13:00
Decent 79/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 16 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:50 ▼ 15:30 ▲ 21:55
Thu, 8 Oct
19:00
Decent 79/100
gentle breeze, dry · 13 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:40 ▼ 16:15 ▲ 22:50

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 13:0069 · Decentmoderate breeze · dry
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 11:00 · 88 GrandFri 12:00 · 74 DecentFri 13:00 · 69 DecentFri 14:00 · 65 DecentFri 15:00 · 53 FreshFri 16:00 · 49 FreshFri 17:00 · 47 FreshFri 18:00 · 61 FreshFri 19:00 · 67 DecentFri 20:00 · 80 Grand · nightFri 21:00 · 85 Grand · nightFri 22:00 · 89 Grand · nightFri 23:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 00:00 · 63 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 75 Decent · nightSat 02:00 · 74 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 76 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 72 Decent · nightSat 05:00 · 71 Decent · nightSat 06:00 · 75 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 80 GrandSat 08:00 · 85 GrandSat 09:00 · 90 GrandSat 10:00 · 98 GrandSat 11:00 · 98 GrandSat 12:00 · 94 GrandSat 13:00 · 90 GrandSat 14:00 · 79 DecentSat 15:00 · 75 DecentSat 16:00 · 71 DecentSat 17:00 · 73 DecentSat 18:00 · 76 DecentSat 19:00 · 74 DecentSat 20:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 21:00 · 90 Grand · nightSat 22:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 23:00 · 96 Grand · nightSun 00:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 01:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 02:00 · 85 Grand · nightSun 03:00 · 81 Grand · nightSun 04:00 · 77 Decent · nightSun 05:00 · 76 Decent · nightSun 06:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 07:00 · 77 Decent · nightSun 08:00 · 76 DecentSun 09:00 · 80 GrandSun 10:00 · 85 GrandSun 11:00 · 90 GrandSun 12:00 · 94 GrandSun 13:00 · 89 GrandSun 14:00 · 85 GrandSun 15:00 · 81 GrandSun 16:00 · 77 DecentSun 17:00 · 72 DecentSun 18:00 · 68 DecentSun 19:00 · 68 DecentSun 20:00 · 73 Decent · nightSun 21:00 · 77 Decent · nightSun 22:00 · 81 Grand · nightSun 23:00 · 86 Grand · nightMon 00:00 · 90 Grand · nightMon 01:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 02:00 · 89 Grand · nightMon 03:00 · 85 Grand · nightMon 04:00 · 81 Grand · nightMon 05:00 · 76 Decent · nightMon 06:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 07:00 · 67 Decent · nightMon 10:00 · 78 DecentMon 13:00 · 92 GrandMon 16:00 · 82 GrandMon 19:00 · 75 DecentMon 22:00 · 82 Grand · nightTue 01:00 · 94 Grand · nightTue 04:00 · 93 Grand · nightTue 07:00 · 79 Decent · nightTue 10:00 · 70 DecentTue 13:00 · 79 DecentTue 16:00 · 85 GrandTue 19:00 · 74 DecentTue 22:00 · 68 Decent · nightWed 01:00 · 81 Grand · nightWed 04:00 · 83 Grand · nightWed 07:00 · 70 Decent · nightWed 10:00 · 64 DecentWed 13:00 · 79 DecentWed 19:00 · 76 DecentThu 01:00 · 72 Decent · nightThu 07:00 · 74 Decent · nightThu 13:00 · 75 DecentThu 19:00 · 79 Decent

Fri, 2 Oct, 13:00

69 Decent
  • moderate breeze
  • dry
  • calm sea
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.1 m25 km/h
faces 80° E · wind cross
Waves
0.1 m @ 3 s from E
Wind
25 km/h S · gusts 46
Tide
2.4 m · upper half
Air
17°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
13:0069 Decent0.1 m3 sE25 km/h S462.4 m dry17°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
14:0065 Decent0.1 m8 sE22 km/h SSE482.9 m 0.1 mm17°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
15:0053 Fresh0.1 m8 sE22 km/h S483.4 m ▲0.2 mm17°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
16:0049 Fresh0.1 m9 sE24 km/h S463.5 m ▲0.4 mm17°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
17:0047 Fresh0.1 m9 sE22 km/h S463.5 m ▲0.4 mm16°moderate breeze, rain, calm sea
18:0061 Fresh0.1 m9 sE17 km/h S443.1 m 0.6 mm17°gentle breeze, rain, calm sea
19:0067 Decent0.1 m9 sE27 km/h WSW382.5 m 0.6 mm17°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, showers possible
20:0080 Grand0.1 m9 sE25 km/h W351.8 m dry15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
21:0085 Grand0.1 m9 sE24 km/h W361.2 m ▼dry14°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
22:0089 Grand0.1 m2 sE26 km/h W370.9 m ▼dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
23:0067 Decent0.1 m2 sE30 km/h W371.0 m ▼dry12°fresh breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
Saturday, 3 October
00:0063 Decent0.1 m2 sE29 km/h W351.4 m dry12°fresh breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
01:0075 Decent0.1 m4 sE28 km/h W341.9 m dry11°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
02:0074 Decent0.1 m4 sE19 km/h WNW312.4 m dry11°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
03:0076 Decent0.0 m4 sE11 km/h W232.9 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
04:0072 Decent0.0 m4 sE6 km/h WSW183.2 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:0071 Decent0.0 m4 sE5 km/h SW183.3 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
06:0075 Decent0.0 m4 sE5 km/h SSW183.1 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
07:0080 Grand0.0 m4 sE6 km/h S172.7 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
08:0085 Grand0.0 m1 sE7 km/h SSE172.1 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
09:0090 Grand0.0 m1 sE6 km/h SSE161.6 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
10:0098 Grand0.0 m1 sENE1 km/h SW161.3 m ▼dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
11:0098 Grand0.0 m1 sENE7 km/h WNW151.2 m ▼dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
12:0094 Grand0.0 m1 sENE5 km/h W151.4 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
13:0090 Grand0.0 m1 sENE4 km/h SSE181.9 m dry16°light winds, dry, calm sea
14:0079 Decent0.0 m1 sENE18 km/h SSE212.4 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
15:0075 Decent0.0 m1 sENE19 km/h SSE252.8 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
16:0071 Decent0.0 m2 sENE19 km/h SSE273.2 m ▲dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
17:0073 Decent0.0 m2 sENE8 km/h SSE273.4 m ▲dry17°light winds, dry, calm sea
18:0076 Decent0.0 m2 sENE5 km/h SSW263.4 m ▲dry17°light winds, dry, calm sea
19:0074 Decent0.0 m2 sENE16 km/h SSE243.0 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
20:0079 Decent0.0 m2 sENE14 km/h S232.5 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
21:0090 Grand0.0 m2 sENE10 km/h S231.9 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
22:0091 Grand0.0 m2 sENE6 km/h SSE231.4 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
23:0096 Grand0.0 m2 sENE5 km/h SE221.1 m ▼dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
Sunday, 4 October
00:0094 Grand0.0 m2 sENE8 km/h SSE221.1 m ▼dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
01:0090 Grand0.0 m2 sENE8 km/h S231.4 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
02:0085 Grand0.0 m2 sENE9 km/h SSE241.8 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
03:0081 Grand0.0 m2 sENE11 km/h SSE262.2 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
04:0077 Decent0.0 m2 sENE10 km/h S282.7 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:0076 Decent0.0 m2 sENE8 km/h SSE293.0 m ▲dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
06:0072 Decent0.0 m2 sENE12 km/h SSE313.2 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
07:0077 Decent0.0 m2 sENE12 km/h SSE323.1 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
08:0076 Decent0.0 m2 sENE13 km/h SW322.7 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
09:0080 Grand0.0 m2 sENE13 km/h SW322.3 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
10:0085 Grand0.0 m2 sENE14 km/h SW331.8 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
11:0090 Grand0.0 m2 sENE14 km/h SW341.5 m ▼dry17°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
12:0094 Grand0.0 m2 sENE17 km/h SW351.4 m ▼dry17°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Bray Harbour (modelled), 8 km away · metres above chart datum
03:4009:3016:1022:10
High 03:40 · 3.5 mLow 09:30 · 0.9 mHigh 16:10 · 3.6 mLow 22:10 · 0.9 m

The spot

Faces
80° E
Swell window
N 10° → SSE 160°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2.4 km out
Water
Poor Quality

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. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

Lifeguard: This bathing area is lifeguarded every day in June (as resources permit), July and August, and the first two weekends of September.ToiletsParkingSandycove and Glasthule Dart station is a short walk away. Dun Laoghaire is services by several bus routes from across Dublin.Accessible: There is ramped access from Queens Road onto the bathing area platformDogs on lead

As listed by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Helios Sauna (Dun Laoghaire Floating Sauna) · Coal Harbour, Dun Laoghaire Harbour · right here · fixed

Saunos Sandycove · 49 Sandycove Road, Sandycove · right here · fixed

SAY Saunas (Sandycove Store & Yard) · Sandycove Road, Sandycove · right here · fixed

Sandycove Sauna by the Sea · Sandycove Point, beside the Forty Foot · 1 km · fixed

The Dún Laoghaire Baths re-opened in December 2022 after significant redevelopment of the facility. The works included the refurbishment of the baths pavilion, the construction of a new 35m jetty with built in seating, the installation of the Roger Casement statue, a simple changing shelter, the refurbished Edwardian gazebo and a new walkway from Newtownsmith. Access to the water is via two sets of steps. One from the main lower platform and one from the jetty. Both sets of steps lead swimmers into the Bathing Area. The Bathing Area has two yellow marker buoys installed for swimmer safety. These buoys alert watercraft users that swimmers will be present between these buoys and the shore. (Dun Laoghaire Bath Photographs used are credited to Ste Murray).

Put Dun Laoghaire Baths in your calendar

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🌊 Dun Laoghaire Baths dip · Decent · sea 15° · 0.1 mFri, 2 Oct 12:30–13:30 · moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
🌊 Dun Laoghaire Baths dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.0 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · light winds, dry, calm sea
🌊 Dun Laoghaire Baths dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.0 mSun, 4 Oct 11:30–12:30 · gentle breeze, dry, calm sea

Nearby spots

Sandycove Beach

1 km · Co. Dublin · Good Quality

Forty Foot Bathing Place

1 km · Co. Dublin · Excellent Quality

Seapoint

2 km · Co. Dublin · Excellent Quality

Coliemore Harbour

3 km · Co. Dublin · Not classified

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