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Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely

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Dip score now
43
Blowy · moderate breeze, onshore, choppy
Waves
1.6 m
11 s period from WNW · model cell 3.9 km out
Sea
15.4°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 250 km away.
Tide
1.8 m
Rising. High at 22:10.
Wind
27 km/h
Moderate breeze, W, onshore, gusts 44
Daylight
07:43
Sunrise. Sunset 19:16. Air 13°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours
Today
18:00
Blowy 43/100
moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry · 1.6 m · 27 km/h
▼ 03:25 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 16:00 ▲ 22:10
Sat, 3 Oct
10:00
Grand 82/100
light winds, dry, waves 1.3 m · 1.4 m · 5 km/h
▼ 04:20 ▲ 10:40 ▼ 17:00 ▲ 23:25
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Fresh 60/100
moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry · 1.3 m · 28 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:55 ▼ 18:40
Mon, 5 Oct
11:00
Fresh 60/100
moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry · 1.4 m · 27 km/h
▲ 01:05 ▼ 07:10 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
19:00
Decent 73/100
gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.0 m · 1.0 m · 19 km/h
▲ 02:35 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:25
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Decent 63/100
moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.0 m · 1.1 m · 22 km/h
▲ 03:40 ▼ 09:40 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:15
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grand 86/100
gentle breeze, showers possible · 16 km/h
▲ 04:30 ▼ 10:30 ▲ 16:35 ▼ 23:00

Week at a glance

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Fri 18:0043 · Blowymoderate breeze · onshore, choppy
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 15:00 · 43 BlowyFri 16:00 · 43 BlowyFri 17:00 · 43 BlowyFri 18:00 · 43 BlowyFri 19:00 · 40 BlowyFri 20:00 · 40 Blowy · nightFri 21:00 · 56 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 56 Fresh · nightFri 23:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSat 02:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 05:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 06:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 74 DecentSat 09:00 · 74 DecentSat 10:00 · 82 GrandSat 11:00 · 82 GrandSat 12:00 · 76 DecentSat 13:00 · 76 DecentSat 14:00 · 76 DecentSat 15:00 · 76 DecentSat 16:00 · 60 FreshSat 17:00 · 60 FreshSat 18:00 · 60 FreshSat 19:00 · 76 DecentSat 20:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSat 21:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSat 22:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSat 23:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 00:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 01:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 02:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 03:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 04:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 06:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 07:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 60 FreshSun 09:00 · 44 BlowySun 10:00 · 44 BlowySun 11:00 · 44 BlowySun 12:00 · 44 BlowySun 13:00 · 44 BlowySun 14:00 · 44 BlowySun 15:00 · 44 BlowySun 16:00 · 44 BlowySun 17:00 · 60 FreshSun 18:00 · 60 FreshSun 19:00 · 60 FreshSun 20:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 44 Blowy · nightMon 00:00 · 60 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 60 Fresh · nightMon 02:00 · 44 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 60 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 60 Fresh · nightMon 05:00 · 48 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 60 Fresh · nightMon 07:00 · 36 Blowy · nightMon 08:00 · 44 BlowyMon 09:00 · 44 BlowyMon 10:00 · 44 BlowyMon 11:00 · 60 FreshMon 12:00 · 60 FreshMon 13:00 · 60 FreshMon 14:00 · 60 FreshMon 15:00 · 60 FreshMon 16:00 · 60 FreshMon 17:00 · 60 FreshMon 18:00 · 60 FreshMon 19:00 · 60 FreshMon 22:00 · 52 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 52 Fresh · nightTue 04:00 · 63 Decent · nightTue 07:00 · 60 Fresh · nightTue 10:00 · 58 FreshTue 13:00 · 66 DecentTue 16:00 · 66 DecentTue 19:00 · 73 DecentTue 22:00 · 73 Decent · nightWed 01:00 · 79 Decent · nightWed 04:00 · 73 Decent · nightWed 07:00 · 55 Fresh · nightWed 10:00 · 63 DecentWed 13:00 · 63 DecentWed 16:00 · 63 DecentWed 19:00 · 63 DecentWed 22:00 · 63 Decent · nightThu 01:00 · 63 Decent · nightThu 07:00 · 73 Decent · nightThu 13:00 · 86 GrandThu 19:00 · 54 Fresh

Fri, 2 Oct, 18:00

43 Blowy
  • moderate breeze
  • onshore, choppy
  • dry
  • big sea 1.6 m
  • sunny
  • onshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.6 m27 km/h
faces 237° WSW · wind onshore
Waves
1.6 m @ 11 s from WNW
Wind
27 km/h W · gusts 44
Tide
1.7 m · lower half
Air
13°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
18:0043 Blowy1.6 m (1.2 swell)11 sWNW27 km/h W441.7 m dry13°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
19:0040 Blowy1.6 m (1.2 swell)11 sWNW26 km/h W422.3 m dry13°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
20:0040 Blowy1.6 m (1.2 swell)11 sWNW22 km/h W403.0 m dry12°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
21:0056 Fresh1.6 m (1.1 swell)11 sWNW19 km/h W383.5 m ▲dry12°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.6 m
22:0056 Fresh1.6 m (1.1 swell)11 sWNW15 km/h W353.8 m ▲dry11°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.6 m
23:0056 Fresh1.6 m (1.1 swell)11 sWNW13 km/h W313.7 m ▲dry11°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
Saturday, 3 October
00:0056 Fresh1.5 m (1.1 swell)11 sWNW13 km/h W293.4 m dry10°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
01:0056 Fresh1.5 m (1.1 swell)11 sWNW12 km/h W272.8 m dry11°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
02:0079 Decent1.5 m (1.0 swell)11 sWNW12 km/h WSW272.2 m dry11°light winds, dry, waves 1.5 m
03:0079 Decent1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW12 km/h WSW271.7 m dry12°light winds, dry, waves 1.5 m
04:0073 Decent1.4 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h WSW271.4 m ▼dry12°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.4 m
05:0073 Decent1.4 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h W261.5 m ▼dry12°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.4 m
06:0079 Decent1.4 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW10 km/h W241.8 m dry11°light winds, dry, waves 1.4 m
07:0079 Decent1.4 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW8 km/h WSW212.3 m dry10°light winds, dry, waves 1.4 m
08:0074 Decent1.4 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW6 km/h WSW182.9 m dry10°light winds, dry, waves 1.4 m
09:0074 Decent1.4 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW3 km/h SE183.4 m dry10°light winds, dry, waves 1.4 m
10:0082 Grand1.4 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW5 km/h SW213.8 m ▲dry13°light winds, dry, waves 1.3 m
11:0082 Grand1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW11 km/h SSW263.8 m ▲dry15°light winds, dry, waves 1.3 m
12:0076 Decent1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SSW283.6 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.3 m
13:0076 Decent1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW15 km/h SSW303.2 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.3 m
14:0076 Decent1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SSW332.6 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.3 m
15:0076 Decent1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW19 km/h SSW362.0 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.3 m
16:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SSW391.6 m ▼dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
17:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW20 km/h S411.3 m ▼dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
18:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW20 km/h S421.4 m ▼dry14°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
19:0076 Decent1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW19 km/h SSW431.7 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.3 m
20:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW20 km/h SSW442.2 m dry14°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
21:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SSW462.8 m dry14°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
22:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW473.2 m dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
23:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW483.5 m ▲dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
Sunday, 4 October
00:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW483.5 m ▲dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
01:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h SSW503.3 m dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
02:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SSW512.9 m dry15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
03:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW512.4 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
04:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW512.0 m dry16°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
05:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW25 km/h SSW491.7 m ▼dry16°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
06:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SW481.7 m ▼0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
07:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SW481.9 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
08:0060 Fresh1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h SSW482.3 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
09:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SSW472.7 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
10:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SW463.2 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
11:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW463.5 m ▲0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
12:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SW463.7 m ▲0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
13:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SW463.6 m ▲dry15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
14:0044 Blowy1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SW443.2 m dry16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
15:0044 Blowy1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SW442.8 m dry16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
16:0044 Blowy1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SW452.2 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
17:0060 Fresh1.2 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SW431.8 m dry16°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Letterfrack (modelled), 16 km away · metres above chart datum
03:2509:4016:0022:10
Low 03:25 · 1.1 mHigh 09:40 · 4.1 mLow 16:00 · 1.1 mHigh 22:10 · 3.8 m

The spot

Faces
237° WSW
Swell window
SE 130° → NNW 330°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 3.9 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 · 2 km · fixed

Sweathouse (Renvyle) · Gurteen Pier, Renvyle, Connemara · 19 km · fixed

Mannin Bay located to the southwest of Clifden has a small roadside beach which you enter from the small car park. The sand is made up of the remains of a type of coralline seaweed and the skeletal remains of barnacles, molluscs and sponge.

Put Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely in your calendar

Dipper Plus drops the best dip hour here into your phone every day, with waves, sea temperature, tide and a 45-minute nudge. Up to three spots.

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🌊 Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely dip · Blowy · sea 15° · 1.6 mFri, 2 Oct 17:30–18:30 · moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
🌊 Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely dip · Grand · sea 15° · 1.4 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · light winds, dry, waves 1.3 m
🌊 Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely dip · Fresh · sea 15° · 1.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry

Nearby spots

Lough Ascardaun

1 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

Lough Emlaghnabehy

1 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

Lough Nacorrussaun

2 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

Lettershask Lough

2 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

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