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Kilfarrassey

Green Coast faces S Monitored, not designated

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Surf score now
65
Decent · overhead 2.0 m, cross-shore wind
Waves
2.0 m
7 s period from SSW · model cell 2.4 km out
Sea
16.9°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 61 km away.
Tide
3.2 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 22:15.
Wind
17 km/h
Gentle breeze, W, cross, gusts 50
Daylight
07:31
Sunrise. Sunset 19:05. Air 15°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 03:45 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 16:10 ▲ 22:15
Sat, 3 Oct
08:00
Fresh 60/100
chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind · 0.9 m · 6 km/h
▼ 04:40 ▲ 10:30 ▼ 17:10 ▲ 23:10
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Grim 15/100
waist-high 0.9 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 35 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Grim 25/100
waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 22 km/h
▲ 00:25 ▼ 07:00 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
19:00
Grim 25/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 15 km/h
▲ 02:15 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 15:00 ▼ 21:25
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 21 km/h
▲ 03:30 ▼ 09:45 ▲ 16:00 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 10:40 ▲ 16:55 ▼ 23:20

Week at a glance

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Fri 20:0065 · Decentoverhead 2.0 m · cross-shore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 18:00 · 39 BlowyFri 19:00 · 36 BlowyFri 20:00 · 65 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 59 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 64 Decent · nightFri 23:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 62 Decent · nightSat 02:00 · 65 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 78 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 81 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 82 Grand · nightSat 06:00 · 78 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 63 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 60 FreshSat 09:00 · 56 FreshSat 10:00 · 28 BlowySat 11:00 · 18 GrimSat 12:00 · 21 GrimSat 13:00 · 22 GrimSat 14:00 · 25 GrimSat 15:00 · 28 BlowySat 16:00 · 31 BlowySat 17:00 · 34 BlowySat 18:00 · 31 BlowySat 19:00 · 28 BlowySat 20:00 · 25 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 0 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 0 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 2 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 16 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 19 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 22 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 19 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 7 GrimSun 09:00 · 12 GrimSun 10:00 · 9 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 9 GrimSun 13:00 · 4 GrimSun 14:00 · 7 GrimSun 15:00 · 0 GrimSun 16:00 · 0 GrimSun 17:00 · 12 GrimSun 18:00 · 15 GrimSun 19:00 · 14 GrimSun 20:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 19 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 16 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 13 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 9 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 10 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 13 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 16 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 11 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 22 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 25 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 08:00 · 25 GrimMon 09:00 · 22 GrimMon 10:00 · 19 GrimMon 11:00 · 16 GrimMon 12:00 · 4 GrimMon 13:00 · 1 GrimMon 14:00 · 2 GrimMon 15:00 · 5 GrimMon 16:00 · 8 GrimMon 17:00 · 11 GrimMon 18:00 · 14 GrimMon 19:00 · 17 GrimMon 22:00 · 30 Blowy · nightTue 01:00 · 12 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 9 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 18 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 18 GrimTue 13:00 · 9 GrimTue 16:00 · 4 GrimTue 19:00 · 25 GrimTue 22:00 · 31 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 21 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 15 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, 20:00

65 Decent
  • overhead 2.0 m
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • rain
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset2.0 m17 km/h
faces 178° S · wind cross
Waves
2.0 m @ 7 s from SSW
Wind
17 km/h W · gusts 50
Tide
3.0 m · upper half
Air
15°C · 1.9 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
20:0065 Decent2.0 m7 sSSW17 km/h W503.0 m 1.9 mm15°overhead 2.0 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
21:0059 Fresh1.8 m7 sSSW20 km/h WNW293.4 m dry14°overhead 1.8 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
22:0064 Decent1.6 m7 sSSW16 km/h WNW243.6 m ▲dry12°overhead 1.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
23:0055 Fresh1.5 m7 sSSW10 km/h WNW223.6 m ▲dry11°chest-high 1.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0058 Fresh1.4 m7 sSSW9 km/h W183.1 m dry11°chest-high 1.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
01:0062 Decent1.3 m7 sSSW9 km/h W152.5 m dry11°chest-high 1.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
02:0065 Decent1.2 m7 sSSW8 km/h NW131.9 m dry9°chest-high 1.2 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
03:0078 Decent1.1 m7 sSSW9 km/h NW131.5 m dry9°chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0081 Grand1.1 m7 sS8 km/h NNW121.3 m ▼dry8°chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0082 Grand1.1 m6 sS4 km/h NNW111.2 m ▼dry8°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
06:0078 Decent1.0 m6 sS4 km/h NNE101.5 m dry8°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
07:0063 Decent1.0 m6 sS6 km/h N102.1 m dry8°chest-high 1.0 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
08:0060 Fresh0.9 m6 sS6 km/h NNE112.8 m dry8°chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
09:0056 Fresh0.9 m6 sS12 km/h N133.3 m dry9°chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
10:0028 Blowy0.9 m6 sS6 km/h N133.5 m ▲dry11°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
11:0018 Grim0.9 m6 sS4 km/h ENE113.6 m ▲dry13°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
12:0021 Grim0.8 m6 sS7 km/h ESE113.4 m dry13°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
13:0022 Grim0.8 m5 sS8 km/h SE122.9 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
14:0025 Grim0.8 m5 sS8 km/h SSE152.3 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
15:0028 Blowy0.8 m5 sS9 km/h SSE171.9 m dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
16:0031 Blowy0.7 m5 sS12 km/h SSE171.6 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
17:0034 Blowy0.7 m5 sS10 km/h SSE171.4 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
18:0031 Blowy0.7 m5 sS10 km/h SSE151.4 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
19:0028 Blowy0.6 m5 sS10 km/h S141.8 m dry14°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
20:0025 Grim0.6 m5 sS13 km/h SSW142.4 m dry13°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, light onshore
21:000 Grim0.6 m5 sS15 km/h SSW152.9 m dry13°knee-high 0.6 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
22:000 Grim0.6 m5 sS15 km/h S153.2 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
23:002 Grim0.6 m5 sS12 km/h S163.4 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
Sunday, 4 October
00:000 Grim0.6 m5 sS16 km/h SSW173.3 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
01:000 Grim0.6 m5 sS16 km/h S173.0 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
02:000 Grim0.6 m5 sS19 km/h SSW172.5 m dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
03:000 Grim0.6 m5 sS16 km/h SSW182.1 m dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, onshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0016 Grim0.6 m5 sS14 km/h SSW181.7 m dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
05:0019 Grim0.6 m5 sS12 km/h SSW191.5 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
06:0022 Grim0.6 m5 sS10 km/h WSW201.4 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
07:0019 Grim0.6 m5 sSSW12 km/h SW221.6 m dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
08:007 Grim0.6 m5 sSSW18 km/h WSW242.1 m dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
09:0012 Grim0.6 m5 sSSW15 km/h WSW262.6 m dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
10:009 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW12 km/h WSW273.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW18 km/h WSW293.3 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:009 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW21 km/h SW303.4 m ▲dry16°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
13:004 Grim0.6 m4 sSSW23 km/h SW333.3 m ▲dry16°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
14:007 Grim0.7 m4 sSSW27 km/h SW363.0 m dry16°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
15:000 Grim0.8 m4 sSSW31 km/h SW372.5 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
16:000 Grim0.8 m4 sSSW35 km/h SW392.1 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
17:0012 Grim0.8 m4 sSSW36 km/h SW391.8 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
18:0015 Grim0.8 m4 sSSW35 km/h SW391.6 m ▼dry16°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
19:0014 Grim0.9 m4 sSSW34 km/h SW371.6 m ▼dry16°waist-high 0.9 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Dunmore East, 16 km away · metres above chart datum
03:4509:4016:1022:15
Low 03:45 · 1.0 mHigh 09:40 · 3.8 mLow 16:10 · 1.1 mHigh 22:15 · 3.6 m

The spot

Faces
178° S
Swell window
E 90° → W 260°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2.4 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.

· beaches.ie

On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsNo parking listedAccessible: Ramp adjacent to beachDogs on lead

As listed by Waterford City & County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Hot Pod (Newtown Cove) · Guillamene / Newtown Cove, Tramore · 5 km · mobile

Endorfin · Dunabrattin Pier, Boatstrand · 5 km · mobile

The Stove Sauna · Ballyscanlan Lough (lower lake), Ballyscanlon Wellness Retreats · 5 km · fixed

The Hot Pod (Kilmurrin Cove) · Kilmurrin Cove, Copper Coast · 6 km · mobile

Kilfarrassey is a 200m shingle beach 5 km west of Tramore, with spectacular coastal views. Beach is quite steep and water gets deep quickly, so care should be taken in the water.

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🏄 Kilfarrassey surf · Fresh · sea 17° · 0.9 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · chest-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
🏄 Kilfarrassey surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.8 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · waist-high 0.9 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind

Nearby spots

Annestown

3 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Lake John Halley

5 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Newtown Cove

5 km · Co. Waterford · Not classified

Carrigavantry Lake

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.