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Morriscastle

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39
Blowy · waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind
Waves
0.7 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 1.7 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 97 km away.
Tide
1.4 m
High tide. Low at 05:30.
Wind
11 km/h
Light breeze, WNW, offshore, gusts 23
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 12°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 04:50 ▲ 10:45 ▼ 17:15 ▲ 22:55
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Blowy 28/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 4 km/h
▼ 05:30 ▲ 11:20 ▼ 17:45 ▲ 23:45
Sun, 4 Oct
19:00
Grim 22/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 17 km/h
▼ 05:50 ▲ 12:25 ▼ 18:35
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grim 13/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.4 m · 21 km/h
▲ 00:30 ▼ 06:50 ▲ 14:05 ▼ 19:40
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 12 km/h
▲ 02:55 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 15:40 ▼ 22:15
Wed, 7 Oct
19:00
Grim 19/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 20 km/h
▲ 04:20 ▼ 10:05 ▲ 17:05 ▼ 23:55
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 15 km/h
▲ 05:40 ▼ 11:45 ▲ 18:05

Week at a glance

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Fri 23:0038 · Blowywaist-high 0.7 m · offshore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 21:00 · 65 Decent · nightFri 22:00 · 41 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 38 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSat 01:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 02:00 · 22 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 25 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 28 BlowySat 08:00 · 24 GrimSat 09:00 · 21 GrimSat 10:00 · 18 GrimSat 11:00 · 14 GrimSat 12:00 · 5 GrimSat 13:00 · 6 GrimSat 14:00 · 5 GrimSat 15:00 · 5 GrimSat 16:00 · 5 GrimSat 17:00 · 5 GrimSat 18:00 · 5 GrimSat 19:00 · 5 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 · 5 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 5 GrimSun 13:00 · 5 GrimSun 14:00 · 8 GrimSun 15:00 · 11 GrimSun 16:00 · 7 GrimSun 17:00 · 10 GrimSun 18:00 · 13 GrimSun 19:00 · 22 GrimSun 20:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 7 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 3 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 · 9 GrimMon 10:00 · 6 GrimMon 11:00 · 4 GrimMon 12:00 · 1 GrimMon 13:00 · 0 GrimMon 14:00 · 0 GrimMon 15:00 · 0 GrimMon 16:00 · 2 GrimMon 17:00 · 5 GrimMon 18:00 · 9 GrimMon 19:00 · 13 GrimMon 22:00 · 27 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 5 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 · 14 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 6 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 17 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 15 GrimWed 13:00 · 7 GrimWed 16:00 · 16 GrimWed 19:00 · 19 GrimWed 22:00 · 27 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 29 Blowy · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 23:00

38 Blowy
  • waist-high 0.7 m
  • offshore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.7 m11 km/h
faces 110° ESE · wind offshore
Waves
0.7 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
11 km/h WNW · gusts 23
Tide
1.4 m · high
Air
12°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
23:0038 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE11 km/h WNW231.4 m ▲dry12°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0041 Blowy0.7 m6 sSSE8 km/h W191.3 m ▲dry11°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
01:0032 Blowy0.6 m6 sSSE9 km/h WSW181.1 m dry10°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
02:0022 Grim0.6 m6 sSSE10 km/h W170.9 m dry9°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0025 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE10 km/h W150.7 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0028 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE10 km/h W140.6 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0031 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE9 km/h WNW130.5 m ▼dry7°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
06:0031 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h NW120.5 m ▼dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
07:0028 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE4 km/h WNW120.6 m dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
08:0024 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h WNW120.8 m dry6°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
09:0021 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE11 km/h WNW141.1 m dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:0018 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE6 km/h WNW141.3 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
11:0014 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h W121.4 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
12:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE4 km/h S111.4 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:006 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE9 km/h SSE121.3 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
14:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE151.1 m dry14°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE11 km/h SSE180.9 m dry14°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE180.7 m dry14°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h S190.6 m ▼dry14°flat
18:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h S180.5 m ▼dry14°flat
19:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h SSW150.6 m dry13°flat
20:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h W130.8 m dry11°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W131.0 m dry10°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW141.1 m dry10°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h W141.2 m ▲dry9°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h W141.2 m ▲dry8°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h W141.2 m dry8°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h W141.0 m dry9°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h W150.8 m dry9°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE8 km/h WSW150.7 m dry10°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW160.6 m ▼dry10°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW180.5 m ▼dry11°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW190.5 m ▼dry11°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW210.7 m dry13°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW230.9 m dry13°flat
10:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE16 km/h WSW271.1 m dry14°flat
11:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SW301.3 m dry15°flat
12:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE13 km/h SW311.4 m ▲dry16°flat
13:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE14 km/h SW321.4 m ▲dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
14:008 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE15 km/h SW331.3 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
15:0011 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW341.1 m dry18°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
16:007 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW340.9 m dry18°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
17:0010 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW340.8 m dry18°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0013 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW330.7 m ▼dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
19:0022 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE17 km/h SW310.6 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
20:0010 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW310.7 m dry16°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
21:007 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE24 km/h SW310.8 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
22:003 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE26 km/h SW350.9 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 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 N and SSW reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Wexford, 25 km away · metres above chart datum
04:5010:4517:1522:55
Low 04:50 · 0.4 mHigh 10:45 · 1.5 mLow 17:15 · 0.5 mHigh 22:55 · 1.4 m

The spot

Faces
110° ESE
Swell window
N 10° → SSW 200°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.7 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: Wooden boardwalkNo dogs (1st June and 15th September: no dogs in blue flag area between lifeguard markers from 11:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs. Dogs on a lead are permitted through the blue flag area to access other beach areas.)

As listed by Wexford County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Realt na Mara Saunas · South Beach, Courtown · 14 km · fixed

The Sweaty Horsebox Sauna · Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe · 15 km · mobile

Helios Sauna (Wexford) · Rosslare Strand · 29 km · fixed

Morriscastle beach is a rural peaceful fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is soft and wind blown. The sand dunes extend approximately 100m to the rear (west) of the beach. There is no significant vegetation growing in the waters off the beach. The Kilmuckridge-Tinaberna sand hills support dune habitat types, which make them a Special Area of Conservation. As Morriscastle beach falls within this area, it is an SAC. The bathing area is approximately 1.0 km long and 0.2 km² in area.

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🏄 Morriscastle surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.4 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Morriscastle surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.4 mSun, 4 Oct 18:30–19:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide

Nearby spots

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Cahore

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Talbot Lake

10 km · Co. Wexford · Not classified

Courtown, North Beach

15 km · Co. Wexford · Excellent Quality

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