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Old Head Beach, Louisburgh

Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag faces NNW

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97
Grand · light winds, dry
Waves
0.2 m
10 s period from WNW · model cell 1.2 km out
Sea
15.2°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 288 km away.
Tide
2.6 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 10:45.
Wind
8 km/h
Light breeze, S, offshore, gusts 22
Daylight
07:43
Sunrise. Sunset 19:12. Air 12°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours
Today
10:00
Grand 100/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 7 km/h
▼ 04:10 ▲ 10:45 ▼ 17:05 ▲ 23:45
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grand 84/100
moderate breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 25 km/h
▼ 05:30 ▲ 12:05 ▼ 19:00
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 19 km/h
▲ 01:15 ▼ 07:20 ▲ 13:40 ▼ 20:30
Tue, 6 Oct
13:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 14 km/h
▲ 02:55 ▼ 08:50 ▲ 15:00 ▼ 21:30
Wed, 7 Oct
19:00
Grand 91/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.3 m · 19 km/h
▲ 03:50 ▼ 09:50 ▲ 15:55 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grand 92/100
light winds, showers possible · 9 km/h
▲ 04:35 ▼ 10:30 ▲ 16:40 ▼ 23:05
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Fresh 52/100
fresh breeze, rain · 35 km/h
▲ 05:20 ▼ 11:10 ▲ 17:25 ▼ 23:40

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Sat 08:0097 · Grandlight winds · dry
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 00:00 · 97 Grand · nightSat 01:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 03:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 04:00 · 94 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 06:00 · 97 Grand · nightSat 07:00 · 97 Grand · nightSat 08:00 · 97 GrandSat 09:00 · 97 GrandSat 10:00 · 100 GrandSat 11:00 · 100 GrandSat 12:00 · 100 GrandSat 13:00 · 94 GrandSat 14:00 · 94 GrandSat 15:00 · 94 GrandSat 16:00 · 94 GrandSat 17:00 · 94 GrandSat 18:00 · 94 GrandSat 19:00 · 100 GrandSat 20:00 · 94 Grand · nightSat 21:00 · 94 Grand · nightSat 22:00 · 94 Grand · nightSat 23:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 00:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 01:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 02:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 03:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 04:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 05:00 · 90 Grand · nightSun 06:00 · 76 Decent · nightSun 07:00 · 76 Decent · nightSun 08:00 · 84 GrandSun 09:00 · 76 DecentSun 10:00 · 76 DecentSun 11:00 · 84 GrandSun 12:00 · 84 GrandSun 13:00 · 84 GrandSun 14:00 · 72 DecentSun 15:00 · 76 DecentSun 16:00 · 76 DecentSun 17:00 · 84 GrandSun 18:00 · 84 GrandSun 19:00 · 76 DecentSun 20:00 · 84 Grand · nightSun 21:00 · 84 Grand · nightSun 22:00 · 84 Grand · nightSun 23:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 00:00 · 68 Decent · nightMon 01:00 · 84 Grand · nightMon 02:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 03:00 · 68 Decent · nightMon 04:00 · 84 Grand · nightMon 05:00 · 73 Decent · nightMon 06:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 07:00 · 82 Grand · nightMon 08:00 · 81 GrandMon 09:00 · 84 GrandMon 10:00 · 84 GrandMon 11:00 · 84 GrandMon 12:00 · 84 GrandMon 13:00 · 84 GrandMon 14:00 · 84 GrandMon 15:00 · 84 GrandMon 16:00 · 84 GrandMon 17:00 · 84 GrandMon 18:00 · 84 GrandMon 19:00 · 94 GrandMon 22:00 · 86 Grand · nightTue 01:00 · 81 Grand · nightTue 04:00 · 86 Grand · nightTue 07:00 · 85 Grand · nightTue 10:00 · 83 GrandTue 13:00 · 94 GrandTue 16:00 · 94 GrandTue 19:00 · 91 GrandTue 22:00 · 97 Grand · nightWed 01:00 · 97 Grand · nightWed 04:00 · 97 Grand · nightWed 07:00 · 89 Grand · nightWed 10:00 · 83 GrandWed 13:00 · 75 DecentWed 16:00 · 67 DecentWed 19:00 · 91 GrandWed 22:00 · 91 Grand · nightThu 01:00 · 91 Grand · nightThu 07:00 · 83 Grand · nightThu 13:00 · 92 GrandThu 19:00 · 66 DecentFri 01:00 · 45 Fresh · nightFri 07:00 · 41 Blowy · nightFri 13:00 · 52 FreshFri 19:00 · 50 Fresh

Sat, 3 Oct, 08:00

97 Grand
  • light winds
  • dry
  • calm sea
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.2 m8 km/h
faces 338° NNW · wind offshore
Waves
0.2 m @ 10 s from WNW
Wind
8 km/h S · gusts 22
Tide
2.8 m · upper half
Air
12°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
07:0097 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW9 km/h SW242.3 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
08:0097 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW8 km/h S222.8 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
09:0097 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW7 km/h S213.2 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
10:00100 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW7 km/h SSW223.5 m ▲dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
11:00100 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW11 km/h SW273.6 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
12:00100 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW11 km/h SW283.5 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
13:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW13 km/h SW303.1 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
14:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW14 km/h SW312.6 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
15:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW14 km/h SSW332.1 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
16:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW17 km/h SSW361.7 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
17:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW16 km/h SSW381.5 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
18:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW14 km/h SSW391.6 m ▼dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
19:00100 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW12 km/h SSW391.8 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
20:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW14 km/h SSW392.1 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
21:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW14 km/h SSW422.6 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
22:0094 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW19 km/h SSW443.0 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
23:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW22 km/h SSW463.3 m ▲dry14°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
Sunday, 4 October
00:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW24 km/h SSW473.3 m ▲dry15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
01:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h SSW493.2 m dry15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
02:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SSW502.9 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
03:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h SSW512.5 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
04:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW24 km/h SSW512.1 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
05:0090 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SSW511.9 m ▼0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
06:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW24 km/h SW501.9 m ▼0.2 mm16°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
07:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SW502.0 m 0.2 mm15°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
08:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SSW502.3 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
09:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h SSW502.6 m 0.2 mm15°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
10:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h SSW493.0 m 0.3 mm15°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
11:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SW493.3 m ▲0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
12:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW27 km/h SW493.5 m ▲0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
13:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SW493.4 m ▲0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
14:0072 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h SW443.2 m 0.3 mm16°moderate breeze, rain, calm sea
15:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW27 km/h SW442.8 m 0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
16:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h SW422.4 m 0.2 mm16°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
17:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SW431.9 m 0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
18:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW24 km/h SW421.7 m ▼0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
19:0076 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW25 km/h SW401.6 m ▼0.2 mm16°moderate breeze, showers possible, calm sea
20:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW27 km/h SW411.6 m ▼dry16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
21:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW26 km/h WSW401.9 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
22:0084 Grand0.2 m10 sWNW21 km/h SW412.2 m 0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
23:0072 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW27 km/h SW412.7 m 0.3 mm16°moderate breeze, rain, calm sea
Monday, 5 October
00:0068 Decent0.2 m10 sWNW29 km/h SW423.0 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
01:0084 Grand0.3 m10 sWNW28 km/h SW463.2 m ▲0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
02:0072 Decent0.3 m10 sWNW25 km/h SW423.2 m ▲0.4 mm16°moderate breeze, rain, calm sea
03:0068 Decent0.3 m10 sWNW33 km/h WSW433.0 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
04:0084 Grand0.3 m11 sWNW26 km/h WSW492.8 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
05:0073 Decent0.3 m11 sWNW23 km/h WSW422.4 m 0.2 mm15°moderate breeze, rain, calm sea
06:0094 Grand0.3 m11 sWNW19 km/h WSW412.1 m 0.1 mm15°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 W and E reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Roonagh, 9 km away · metres above chart datum
04:1010:4517:0523:45
Low 04:10 · 1.6 mHigh 10:45 · 3.6 mLow 17:05 · 1.5 mHigh 23:45 · 3.3 m

The spot

Faces
338° NNW
Swell window
W 280° → E 80°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.2 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: YesDogs on lead (Dogs only allowed before 12pm and after 6.30pm during the bathing season (1st June to 15th September) otherwise allowed at all times onto beach.)

As listed by Mayo County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Wild Atlantic Sauna (Slainte Saunas) · Old Head Beach, Louisburgh · right here · fixed

Big Dipper Sauna · Carrowniskey Beach, BigStyle Atlantic Lodge, Louisburgh · 12 km · fixed

Sweathouse (Renvyle) · Gurteen Pier, Renvyle, Connemara, Co. Galway · 24 km · fixed

Sabhna Saunas (Keel) · Keel Beach, Achill Island · 30 km · fixed

Old Head Beach is a sheltered beach with a sandy substrate. The length of the beach at Old Head is backed by rocky cliffs. Old Head woodland is located approximately 200m to the rear of Old Head Beach. This SAC represents an extreme development of Atlantic oakwood and is one of the only Irish sites where the habitat occurs directly adjacent to the coast. In close proximity to Old Head Beach is Old Head SAC/pNHA (Site Code 000532). Croagh Patrick is a site of pilgrimage with the annual pilgrimage taking place on the last Sunday in July. Activities include swimming, surfing, water skiing, jet skiing, scuba-diving/snorkelling and fishing. The bathing water is approximately 0.3km2 in area. The medium and maximum water depth within the designated bathing water would be 0.5m and 5.0m respectively depending on tides.

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🌊 Old Head Beach, Louisburgh dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.2 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · light winds, dry, calm sea
🌊 Old Head Beach, Louisburgh dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
🌊 Old Head Beach, Louisburgh dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.2 mMon, 5 Oct 18:30–19:30 · gentle breeze, dry, calm sea

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