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Goat Island

Green Coast faces SSE Monitored, not designated

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26
Grim · chest-high 1.3 m, onshore wind
Waves
1.3 m
7 s period from SSW · model cell 1 km out
Sea
16.9°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 78 km away.
Tide
2.1 m
Falling, nearly low. Low at 15:55.
Wind
40 km/h
Strong breeze, SSW, onshore, gusts 59
Daylight
07:33
Sunrise. Sunset 19:08. Air 16°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
19:00
Fresh 58/100
chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide · 1.1 m · 12 km/h
▼ 03:30 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 15:55 ▲ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
08:00
Grim 21/100
knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.5 m · 10 km/h
▼ 04:25 ▲ 10:25 ▼ 17:00 ▲ 22:55
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Grim 15/100
knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.5 m · 25 km/h
▼ 05:20 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:05
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grim 13/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 20 km/h
▲ 00:20 ▼ 06:55 ▲ 13:15 ▼ 19:45
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 10 km/h
▲ 01:55 ▼ 08:15 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:05
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.1 m · 16 km/h
▲ 03:10 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:10
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▲ 04:10 ▼ 10:35 ▲ 16:40 ▼ 22:55

Week at a glance

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Fri 13:0026 · Grimchest-high 1.3 m · onshore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 12:00 · 23 GrimFri 13:00 · 26 GrimFri 14:00 · 29 BlowyFri 15:00 · 32 BlowyFri 16:00 · 35 BlowyFri 17:00 · 44 BlowyFri 18:00 · 36 BlowyFri 19:00 · 58 FreshFri 20:00 · 59 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 41 Blowy · nightFri 22:00 · 39 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 48 Fresh · nightSat 02:00 · 26 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 24 Grim · nightSat 08:00 · 21 GrimSat 09:00 · 18 GrimSat 10:00 · 14 GrimSat 11:00 · 15 GrimSat 12:00 · 6 GrimSat 13:00 · 9 GrimSat 14:00 · 12 GrimSat 15:00 · 15 GrimSat 16:00 · 18 GrimSat 17:00 · 21 GrimSat 18:00 · 18 GrimSat 19:00 · 14 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 · 8 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 0 GrimSun 13:00 · 0 GrimSun 14:00 · 2 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 8 GrimSun 17:00 · 12 GrimSun 18:00 · 15 GrimSun 19:00 · 12 GrimSun 20:00 · 9 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 6 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 2 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 3 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 6 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 9 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 12 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 15 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 12 GrimMon 09:00 · 8 GrimMon 10:00 · 5 GrimMon 11:00 · 2 GrimMon 12:00 · 0 GrimMon 13:00 · 0 GrimMon 14:00 · 0 GrimMon 15:00 · 0 GrimMon 16:00 · 3 GrimMon 17:00 · 7 GrimMon 18:00 · 10 GrimMon 19:00 · 13 GrimMon 22:00 · 16 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 6 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 10 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 5 GrimTue 13:00 · 5 GrimTue 16:00 · 5 GrimTue 19:00 · 5 GrimTue 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 5 GrimWed 13:00 · 5 GrimWed 16:00 · 5 GrimWed 19:00 · 5 GrimWed 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 13:00

26 Grim
  • chest-high 1.3 m
  • onshore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • onshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.3 m40 km/h
faces 164° SSE · wind onshore
Waves
1.3 m @ 7 s from SSW
Wind
40 km/h SSW · gusts 59
Tide
2.1 m · lower half
Air
16°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
12:0023 Grim1.2 m6 sSSW40 km/h SSW572.8 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.2 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
13:0026 Grim1.3 m7 sSSW40 km/h SSW592.1 m dry16°chest-high 1.3 m, onshore wind, low-ish tide
14:0029 Blowy1.4 m7 sSSW40 km/h SSW601.5 m dry16°chest-high 1.4 m, onshore wind, low-ish tide
15:0032 Blowy1.4 m7 sSSW44 km/h SSW601.0 m ▼0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.4 m, onshore wind, low-ish tide
16:0035 Blowy1.4 m7 sSSW44 km/h SSW600.8 m ▼0.2 mm16°chest-high 1.4 m, onshore wind, low-ish tide
17:0044 Blowy1.3 m7 sSSW41 km/h SW611.0 m ▼0.7 mm16°chest-high 1.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0036 Blowy1.3 m7 sSSW39 km/h SW591.5 m 1.4 mm16°chest-high 1.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
19:0058 Fresh1.1 m7 sSSW12 km/h W482.1 m 1.0 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
20:0059 Fresh1.0 m7 sSSW13 km/h WNW322.8 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
21:0041 Blowy0.9 m7 sSSW12 km/h WNW233.3 m ▲dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
22:0039 Blowy0.8 m7 sSSW10 km/h WNW203.5 m ▲dry11°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
23:0032 Blowy0.7 m7 sSSW8 km/h WNW183.4 m ▲dry10°waist-high 0.7 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0045 Fresh0.7 m7 sSSW6 km/h NNW172.9 m dry8°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
01:0048 Fresh0.6 m7 sSSW6 km/h N152.4 m dry8°waist-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
02:0026 Grim0.6 m7 sSSW5 km/h N131.8 m dry7°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
03:0029 Blowy0.6 m7 sSSW6 km/h NNW121.2 m dry7°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0032 Blowy0.5 m7 sSSW8 km/h NNW120.9 m ▼dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0031 Blowy0.5 m7 sSSW9 km/h NNW120.9 m ▼dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
06:0028 Blowy0.5 m7 sSSW6 km/h NNW111.3 m dry6°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
07:0024 Grim0.5 m6 sSSW5 km/h N101.9 m dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
08:0021 Grim0.5 m6 sSSW10 km/h N122.5 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
09:0018 Grim0.5 m6 sSSW9 km/h NNW113.1 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:0014 Grim0.4 m6 sSSW7 km/h NNW103.4 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
11:0015 Grim0.4 m6 sSSW3 km/h N93.4 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
12:006 Grim0.4 m6 sSSW2 km/h SSE113.2 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
13:009 Grim0.4 m6 sSSW7 km/h SSE132.7 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
14:0012 Grim0.4 m6 sSSW10 km/h SSE152.2 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
15:0015 Grim0.4 m5 sSSW10 km/h SSE171.6 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
16:0018 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW9 km/h SSE181.2 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
17:0021 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW7 km/h SSE181.1 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
18:0018 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW5 km/h SE171.2 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
19:0014 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW7 km/h SSE161.6 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
20:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW12 km/h S152.1 m dry12°flat
21:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW11 km/h S152.7 m dry12°flat
22:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW9 km/h S153.1 m ▲dry12°flat
23:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW11 km/h S153.2 m ▲dry13°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW13 km/h S163.1 m ▲dry14°flat
01:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW13 km/h S162.8 m dry14°flat
02:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW18 km/h S172.4 m dry15°flat
03:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW17 km/h S191.9 m dry15°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW13 km/h WSW201.4 m dry15°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW9 km/h WSW211.2 m ▼dry15°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW11 km/h W221.1 m ▼dry13°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW11 km/h W231.4 m dry13°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW7 km/h WSW241.8 m dry13°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW9 km/h WSW252.4 m dry14°flat
10:008 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW13 km/h WSW272.8 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSW16 km/h SW293.1 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.3 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 ENE and WSW reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Dungarvan (modelled), 20 km away · metres above chart datum
03:3009:3015:5521:50
Low 03:30 · 0.7 mHigh 09:30 · 3.7 mLow 15:55 · 0.8 mHigh 21:50 · 3.5 m

The spot

Faces
164° SSE
Swell window
ENE 70° → WSW 240°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1 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 Waterford City & County Council. Open in Maps.

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Goats Island Beach is located approx 5km west of Ardmore in Co Waterford. The beach is located in an inlet that faces south and is sheltered to the west side by the island itself.

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🏄 Goat Island surf · Fresh · sea 17° · 1.1 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Goat Island surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.5 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Goat Island surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.5 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide

Nearby spots

Whiting Bay

1 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Ardmore Beach

3 km · Co. Waterford · Good Quality

Curragh

4 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Ballyquin

5 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

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