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Portmarnock, Velvet Strand Beach

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23
Grim · knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
Waves
0.5 m
5 s period from SE · model cell 2.3 km out
Sea
15.1°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 46 km away.
Tide
3.3 m
Falling. Low at 09:20.
Wind
16 km/h
Gentle breeze, S, cross, gusts 27
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:00. Air 14°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours
Today
19:00
Fresh 58/100
waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind · 0.7 m · 27 km/h
▲ 03:35 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 16:05 ▼ 21:55
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 10 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 17:10 ▼ 23:10
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 17 km/h
▲ 05:55 ▼ 11:40 ▲ 18:30
Mon, 5 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 21 km/h
▼ 00:45 ▲ 07:30 ▼ 13:15 ▲ 19:55
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 15 km/h
▼ 02:10 ▲ 08:45 ▼ 14:30 ▲ 21:05
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 14 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:50 ▼ 15:30 ▲ 22:00
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 14 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:45 ▼ 16:20 ▲ 22:55

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 06:0023 · Grimknee-high 0.5 m · cross-shore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 05:00 · 23 Grim · nightFri 06:00 · 23 Grim · nightFri 07:00 · 15 GrimFri 08:00 · 15 GrimFri 09:00 · 15 GrimFri 10:00 · 15 GrimFri 11:00 · 15 GrimFri 12:00 · 15 GrimFri 13:00 · 28 BlowyFri 14:00 · 40 BlowyFri 15:00 · 28 BlowyFri 16:00 · 40 BlowyFri 17:00 · 40 BlowyFri 18:00 · 48 FreshFri 19:00 · 58 FreshFri 20:00 · 58 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 33 Blowy · nightFri 22:00 · 33 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 01:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 02:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 5 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 · 5 GrimSun 10:00 · 5 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 5 GrimSun 13:00 · 5 GrimSun 14:00 · 5 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 5 GrimSun 17:00 · 5 GrimSun 18:00 · 5 GrimSun 19:00 · 5 GrimSun 20:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 10:00 · 5 GrimMon 13:00 · 5 GrimMon 16:00 · 5 GrimMon 19:00 · 5 GrimMon 22:00 · 5 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 · 23 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 0 GrimWed 13:00 · 0 GrimWed 19:00 · 0 GrimThu 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 06:00

23 Grim
  • knee-high 0.5 m
  • cross-shore wind
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.5 m16 km/h
faces 93° E · wind cross
Waves
0.5 m @ 5 s from SE
Wind
16 km/h S · gusts 27
Tide
3.0 m · upper half
Air
14°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
05:0023 Grim0.5 m5 sSE15 km/h SSE273.7 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
06:0023 Grim0.5 m5 sSE16 km/h S273.0 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
07:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSE23 km/h S282.2 m dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
08:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSE21 km/h S271.5 m dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
09:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSE21 km/h SSE301.1 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
10:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSE23 km/h SSW361.2 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
11:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSE20 km/h S391.6 m dry17°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
12:0015 Grim0.6 m5 sSE25 km/h SSW412.2 m dry18°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind
13:0028 Blowy0.6 m6 sSE26 km/h SSW452.9 m dry18°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
14:0040 Blowy0.7 m6 sSE32 km/h SSW483.4 m dry19°waist-high 0.7 m, cross-shore wind
15:0028 Blowy0.8 m7 sSE33 km/h SSW503.7 m ▲0.1 mm18°waist-high 0.8 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
16:0040 Blowy0.8 m8 sSE26 km/h S493.9 m ▲0.3 mm17°waist-high 0.8 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
17:0040 Blowy0.8 m8 sSE30 km/h SSW463.8 m ▲0.5 mm17°waist-high 0.8 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
18:0048 Fresh0.8 m8 sSE15 km/h SSW433.3 m 0.6 mm16°waist-high 0.8 m, cross-shore wind
19:0058 Fresh0.7 m8 sSE27 km/h W352.6 m 0.4 mm15°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind
20:0058 Fresh0.7 m8 sSE26 km/h WSW311.9 m dry14°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind
21:0033 Blowy0.6 m8 sSE29 km/h WSW301.3 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low tide
22:0033 Blowy0.5 m8 sSE29 km/h W311.1 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low tide
23:0033 Blowy0.5 m6 sSE28 km/h W311.3 m ▼dry12°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0033 Blowy0.4 m6 sSE24 km/h W291.8 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
01:0033 Blowy0.4 m6 sSE21 km/h W262.4 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
02:0033 Blowy0.3 m6 sSE14 km/h W232.9 m dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind
03:005 Grim0.3 m6 sSE9 km/h WSW203.4 m dry10°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m6 sSE10 km/h WSW183.7 m ▲dry10°flat
05:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE9 km/h WSW163.8 m ▲dry10°flat
06:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE9 km/h WSW153.5 m dry10°flat
07:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE10 km/h WSW153.0 m dry11°flat
08:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE12 km/h WSW152.4 m dry10°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE10 km/h WSW151.8 m dry11°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE9 km/h WSW161.4 m ▼dry12°flat
11:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE8 km/h SW151.5 m ▼dry13°flat
12:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE6 km/h WSW161.8 m dry14°flat
13:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE7 km/h S172.3 m dry15°flat
14:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE12 km/h SSE192.8 m dry15°flat
15:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE17 km/h SSE223.2 m dry14°flat
16:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE18 km/h SSE243.5 m ▲dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE18 km/h SSE253.7 m ▲dry15°flat
18:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE11 km/h S253.7 m ▲dry15°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE7 km/h S233.3 m dry15°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE11 km/h S222.7 m dry14°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE13 km/h S222.1 m dry14°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE13 km/h S211.6 m ▼dry13°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE12 km/h S201.3 m ▼dry13°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE10 km/h S191.4 m ▼dry13°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE9 km/h S211.7 m dry13°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE9 km/h S302.1 m dry12°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE10 km/h S312.6 m dry13°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE10 km/h SSW323.1 m dry14°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Howth, 6 km away · metres above chart datum
03:3509:2016:0521:55
High 03:35 · 4.0 mLow 09:20 · 1.1 mHigh 16:05 · 3.9 mLow 21:55 · 1.1 m

The spot

Faces
93° E
Swell window
NNE 20° → S 190°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2.3 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: 11am to 7pm weekends only in June & full time July, August & first two weeks in SeptToiletsParkingBus RouteAccessible: YesDogs on lead

As listed by Fingal County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Restore Sauna Portmarnock · White Sands Hotel, Coast Road, Portmarnock · right here · fixed

Mercury Sauna · Portmarnock Beach north car park · 1 km · fixed

The Sea Sauna · Tower Bay Beach, Portrane · 6 km · fixed

Fad Saoil Saunas (Clontarf) · Clontarf seafront · 9 km · fixed

Velvet Strand Beach is a long, open, gently sloping beach facing east. Dunes are located to the back of the beach.

Put Portmarnock, Velvet Strand Beach in your calendar

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🏄 Portmarnock, Velvet Strand Beach surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 0.7 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind
🏄 Portmarnock, Velvet Strand Beach surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.2 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · flat
🏄 Portmarnock, Velvet Strand Beach surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat

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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.