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Port, Lurganboy

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42
Blowy · waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind
Waves
0.8 m
7 s period from SE · model cell 3.2 km out
Sea
14.9°
Fresh. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 67 km away.
Tide
1.6 m
Rising. High at 04:20.
Wind
15 km/h
Gentle breeze, W, offshore, gusts 29
Daylight
07:28
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 11°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▲ 03:25 ▼ 09:15 ▲ 15:55 ▼ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 10 km/h
▲ 04:20 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:05
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Blowy 32/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 23 km/h
▲ 05:45 ▼ 11:40 ▲ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Blowy 31/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 24 km/h
▼ 00:40 ▲ 07:20 ▼ 13:15 ▲ 19:50
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 17 km/h
▼ 02:15 ▲ 08:40 ▼ 14:35 ▲ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 15 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 15:35 ▲ 22:05
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 18 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:35 ▼ 16:20 ▲ 22:50

Week at a glance

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Fri 23:0042 · Blowywaist-high 0.8 m · offshore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 21:00 · 66 Decent · nightFri 22:00 · 39 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 42 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 · 27 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 5 GrimSat 08:00 · 5 GrimSat 09:00 · 5 GrimSat 10:00 · 5 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 5 GrimSat 13:00 · 5 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 · 22 GrimSun 10:00 · 19 GrimSun 11:00 · 15 GrimSun 12:00 · 14 GrimSun 13:00 · 17 GrimSun 14:00 · 20 GrimSun 15:00 · 23 GrimSun 16:00 · 26 GrimSun 17:00 · 29 BlowySun 18:00 · 32 BlowySun 19:00 · 31 BlowySun 20:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 21:00 · 25 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 22 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 18 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 15 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 14 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 17 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 20 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 23 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 26 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 29 Blowy · nightMon 07:00 · 32 Blowy · nightMon 08:00 · 31 BlowyMon 09:00 · 27 GrimMon 10:00 · 24 GrimMon 11:00 · 21 GrimMon 12:00 · 17 GrimMon 13:00 · 14 GrimMon 14:00 · 15 GrimMon 15:00 · 18 GrimMon 16:00 · 21 GrimMon 17:00 · 24 GrimMon 18:00 · 27 GrimMon 19:00 · 30 BlowyMon 22:00 · 26 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 17 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 · 20 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 10 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, 23:00

42 Blowy
  • waist-high 0.8 m
  • offshore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.8 m15 km/h
faces 78° ENE · wind offshore
Waves
0.8 m @ 7 s from SE
Wind
15 km/h W · gusts 29
Tide
1.4 m · low
Air
11°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
23:0042 Blowy0.8 m7 sSE15 km/h W291.4 m ▼dry11°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0045 Fresh0.7 m7 sSE14 km/h W282.0 m dry10°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
01:0048 Fresh0.6 m7 sSE14 km/h WSW282.8 m dry9°waist-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0026 Grim0.5 m7 sSE15 km/h WSW273.5 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0029 Blowy0.5 m7 sSE16 km/h W274.0 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
04:0032 Blowy0.4 m6 sSE11 km/h WSW264.3 m ▲dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
05:0031 Blowy0.4 m6 sSE7 km/h W224.3 m ▲dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
06:0027 Grim0.3 m6 sSE8 km/h WSW194.0 m dry7°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
07:005 Grim0.3 m6 sSE10 km/h WSW183.4 m dry7°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSE12 km/h WSW182.6 m dry7°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE10 km/h WSW192.0 m dry8°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE10 km/h WSW201.6 m ▼dry10°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE10 km/h SW191.6 m ▼dry12°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE12 km/h SW192.0 m dry13°flat
13:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE12 km/h WSW202.6 m dry14°flat
14:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW193.2 m dry15°flat
15:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW193.8 m dry15°flat
16:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW194.2 m ▲dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSSE10 km/h SSW204.3 m ▲dry15°flat
18:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE8 km/h S194.2 m ▲dry15°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE14 km/h S173.8 m dry13°flat
20:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE11 km/h S193.1 m dry12°flat
21:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE10 km/h SSW202.3 m dry11°flat
22:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE12 km/h SSW211.8 m ▼dry10°flat
23:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE16 km/h SSW251.5 m ▼dry10°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE17 km/h SW281.6 m ▼dry10°flat
01:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE18 km/h SW281.9 m dry10°flat
02:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE16 km/h SW282.5 m dry10°flat
03:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE15 km/h SW283.1 m dry9°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE15 km/h SSW273.6 m dry9°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE17 km/h SSW274.0 m ▲dry9°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE17 km/h SSW284.1 m ▲dry10°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE15 km/h SSW294.0 m dry10°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE12 km/h SSW303.5 m dry11°flat
09:0022 Grim0.3 m3 sSE10 km/h SSW312.9 m dry12°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
10:0019 Grim0.3 m3 sSE19 km/h SSW332.3 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
11:0015 Grim0.3 m3 sSE20 km/h SW341.9 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
12:0014 Grim0.3 m3 sSE15 km/h SW351.9 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
13:0017 Grim0.3 m3 sSE18 km/h SW362.0 m dry18°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
14:0020 Grim0.3 m3 sSE22 km/h SW382.5 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
15:0023 Grim0.4 m4 sSE21 km/h SW383.0 m dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
16:0026 Grim0.3 m4 sSE25 km/h SW373.5 m dry18°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
17:0029 Blowy0.3 m4 sSE20 km/h SW364.0 m dry18°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
18:0032 Blowy0.4 m3 sSE23 km/h SW354.3 m ▲dry18°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
19:0031 Blowy0.4 m4 sSE22 km/h SW334.3 m ▲dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
20:0028 Blowy0.4 m4 sSE24 km/h SW333.9 m 0.1 mm17°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
21:0025 Grim0.4 m4 sSE24 km/h WSW343.4 m dry16°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
22:0022 Grim0.4 m4 sSE22 km/h SW352.7 m dry17°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Port Oriel, 4 km away · metres above chart datum
03:2509:1515:5521:50
High 03:25 · 4.7 mLow 09:15 · 1.2 mHigh 15:55 · 4.5 mLow 21:50 · 1.2 m

The spot

Faces
78° ENE
Swell window
NNW 340° → S 170°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 3.2 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: YesToiletsParkingDogs on lead (During the bathing season dogs are prohibited from the beach between 11am and 6pm)

As listed by Louth County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Hot Box Sauna (Carlingford) · Carlingford Marina, Carlingford Lough · 25 km · fixed

The Wood Fired Sauna (Skerries) · Skerries, Co. Dublin · 29 km · fixed

The beach is mainly sandy with a small area of rocks consisting of sand dunes. There are mature sand dunes located on the beach which support a variety of plant species. There is also a variety of wildlife including crabs and seaweed. The nearest sites which have a statutory designation for conservation are Clogherhead SAC and Dunany Point NHA. The length of the bathing area is approximately 2300m in length. The beach is gently sloping into the sea at the bathing area.

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🏄 Port, Lurganboy surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · flat
🏄 Port, Lurganboy surf · Blowy · sea 15° · 0.4 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide

Nearby spots

Clogherhead

5 km · Co. Louth · Excellent Quality

Drumshallon Lough

8 km · Co. Louth · Not classified

Seapoint

8 km · Co. Louth · Excellent Quality

Cartanstown Lough

8 km · Co. Louth · Not classified

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