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Quilty

Excellent Quality 2025 Green Coast faces NW

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Dip score now
40
Blowy · gentle breeze, dry
Waves
1.9 m
11 s period from WNW · model cell 2.1 km out
Sea
15.5°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 193 km away.
Tide
3.1 m
Falling. Low at 03:55.
Wind
15 km/h
Gentle breeze, W, onshore, gusts 27
Daylight
07:42
Sunrise. Sunset 19:12. Air 13°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
17:00
Decent 64/100
light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m · 1.5 m · 7 km/h
▼ 03:55 ▲ 10:20 ▼ 16:45 ▲ 23:00
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Decent 66/100
moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m · 1.5 m · 28 km/h
▼ 05:15 ▲ 11:40 ▼ 18:05
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Fresh 56/100
gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.6 m · 1.6 m · 19 km/h
▲ 00:30 ▼ 06:50 ▲ 13:00 ▼ 19:40
Tue, 6 Oct
19:00
Decent 68/100
gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.3 m · 1.3 m · 13 km/h
▲ 02:05 ▼ 08:15 ▲ 14:20 ▼ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Decent 70/100
gentle breeze, dry, waves 1.2 m · 1.2 m · 18 km/h
▲ 03:05 ▼ 09:15 ▲ 15:25 ▼ 21:40
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grand 81/100
gentle breeze, dry · 17 km/h
▲ 04:10 ▼ 10:10 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:30
Fri, 9 Oct
19:00
Blowy 29/100
fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, rain · 34 km/h
▲ 04:50 ▼ 10:45 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:15

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Sat 00:0038 · Blowygentle breeze · dry
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 00:00 · 38 Blowy · nightSat 01:00 · 43 Blowy · nightSat 02:00 · 50 Fresh · nightSat 03:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSat 04:00 · 62 Decent · nightSat 05:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSat 06:00 · 48 Fresh · nightSat 07:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSat 08:00 · 39 BlowySat 09:00 · 35 BlowySat 10:00 · 35 BlowySat 11:00 · 40 BlowySat 12:00 · 44 BlowySat 13:00 · 49 FreshSat 14:00 · 53 FreshSat 15:00 · 57 FreshSat 16:00 · 62 DecentSat 17:00 · 64 DecentSat 18:00 · 59 FreshSat 19:00 · 55 FreshSat 20:00 · 47 Fresh · nightSat 21:00 · 43 Blowy · nightSat 22:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 23:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 00:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSun 01:00 · 40 Blowy · nightSun 02:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 03:00 · 49 Fresh · nightSun 04:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSun 06:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 51 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 37 BlowySun 09:00 · 33 BlowySun 10:00 · 28 BlowySun 11:00 · 41 BlowySun 12:00 · 39 BlowySun 13:00 · 44 BlowySun 14:00 · 48 FreshSun 15:00 · 53 FreshSun 16:00 · 24 GrimSun 17:00 · 45 FreshSun 18:00 · 66 DecentSun 19:00 · 62 DecentSun 20:00 · 50 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 49 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 45 Fresh · nightMon 00:00 · 23 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 28 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 32 Blowy · nightMon 04:00 · 36 Blowy · nightMon 05:00 · 29 Blowy · nightMon 06:00 · 45 Fresh · nightMon 07:00 · 48 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 44 BlowyMon 09:00 · 39 BlowyMon 10:00 · 23 GrimMon 11:00 · 22 GrimMon 12:00 · 26 GrimMon 13:00 · 21 GrimMon 14:00 · 25 GrimMon 15:00 · 29 BlowyMon 16:00 · 44 BlowyMon 17:00 · 48 FreshMon 18:00 · 42 BlowyMon 19:00 · 56 FreshMon 22:00 · 47 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 28 Blowy · nightTue 04:00 · 32 Blowy · nightTue 07:00 · 40 Blowy · nightTue 10:00 · 43 BlowyTue 13:00 · 36 BlowyTue 16:00 · 55 FreshTue 19:00 · 68 DecentTue 22:00 · 68 Decent · nightWed 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightWed 04:00 · 55 Fresh · nightWed 07:00 · 55 Fresh · nightWed 10:00 · 70 DecentWed 13:00 · 40 BlowyWed 16:00 · 35 BlowyWed 19:00 · 45 FreshWed 22:00 · 39 Blowy · nightThu 01:00 · 26 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 52 Fresh · nightThu 13:00 · 81 GrandThu 19:00 · 52 FreshFri 01:00 · 33 Blowy · nightFri 07:00 · 15 Grim · nightFri 13:00 · 28 BlowyFri 19:00 · 29 Blowy

Sat, 3 Oct, 00:00

38 Blowy
  • gentle breeze
  • dry
  • big sea 1.9 m
  • onshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.9 m15 km/h
faces 308° NW · wind onshore
Waves
1.9 m @ 11 s from WNW
Wind
15 km/h W · gusts 27
Tide
3.4 m · upper 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
00:0038 Blowy1.9 m (1.3 swell)11 sWNW15 km/h W273.4 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.9 m
01:0043 Blowy1.9 m (1.3 swell)11 sWNW16 km/h W242.8 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.8 m
02:0050 Fresh1.8 m (1.3 swell)11 sWNW18 km/h W232.1 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.8 m
03:0052 Fresh1.8 m (1.3 swell)11 sWNW14 km/h W221.6 m ▼dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.8 m
04:0062 Decent1.8 m (1.2 swell)11 sWNW8 km/h S211.4 m ▼dry10°light winds, dry, big sea 1.8 m
05:0052 Fresh1.8 m (1.2 swell)10 sWNW8 km/h SSE191.6 m ▼dry9°light winds, dry, big sea 1.8 m
06:0048 Fresh1.7 m (1.2 swell)10 sWNW10 km/h SSE192.0 m dry9°light winds, dry, big sea 1.7 m
07:0044 Blowy1.7 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SSE172.7 m dry9°light winds, dry, big sea 1.7 m
08:0039 Blowy1.7 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW11 km/h SSE173.3 m dry9°light winds, dry, big sea 1.7 m
09:0035 Blowy1.7 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW11 km/h SSE183.8 m dry9°light winds, dry, big sea 1.7 m
10:0035 Blowy1.6 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW11 km/h S194.1 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, big sea 1.6 m
11:0040 Blowy1.6 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW10 km/h S204.0 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, big sea 1.6 m
12:0044 Blowy1.6 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW10 km/h SSW203.7 m dry15°light winds, dry, big sea 1.6 m
13:0049 Fresh1.6 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SSW203.1 m dry15°light winds, dry, big sea 1.6 m
14:0053 Fresh1.6 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SSW202.5 m dry16°light winds, dry, big sea 1.6 m
15:0057 Fresh1.6 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW8 km/h SSW191.9 m dry16°light winds, dry, big sea 1.6 m
16:0062 Decent1.6 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW8 km/h W191.5 m ▼dry16°light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
17:0064 Decent1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW7 km/h WNW181.4 m ▼dry15°light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
18:0059 Fresh1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW3 km/h WSW171.6 m dry15°light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
19:0055 Fresh1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW2 km/h SSE142.1 m dry14°light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
20:0047 Fresh1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW8 km/h ESE152.7 m dry12°light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
21:0043 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SE193.2 m dry12°light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
22:0032 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h SSE233.6 m ▲dry12°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
23:0028 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h SSE263.8 m ▲dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
Sunday, 4 October
00:0032 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SSE273.7 m ▲dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
01:0040 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SSE283.4 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
02:0044 Blowy1.5 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW16 km/h S282.9 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
03:0049 Fresh1.5 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h S292.4 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
04:0053 Fresh1.5 m (1.1 swell)10 sWNW16 km/h SSW301.9 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
05:0058 Fresh1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW18 km/h SSW301.7 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
06:0056 Fresh1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SSW311.8 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
07:0051 Fresh1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW18 km/h SSW332.1 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
08:0037 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SW342.5 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
09:0033 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW22 km/h SSW353.1 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
10:0028 Blowy1.5 m (1.0 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SSW383.5 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
11:0041 Blowy1.5 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW25 km/h SSW403.8 m ▲dry17°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
12:0039 Blowy1.5 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW423.9 m ▲dry17°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
13:0044 Blowy1.5 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW433.7 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
14:0048 Fresh1.5 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW443.3 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
15:0053 Fresh1.5 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SW442.7 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
16:0024 Grim1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SW442.2 m dry16°fresh breeze, dry, big sea 1.5 m
17:0045 Fresh1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SW431.7 m ▼dry16°fresh breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
18:0066 Decent1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h SW421.5 m ▼dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
19:0062 Decent1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SW411.6 m ▼dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
20:0050 Fresh1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SW371.9 m 0.2 mm16°moderate breeze, showers possible, waves 1.5 m
21:0053 Fresh1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SW372.4 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
22:0049 Fresh1.5 m (0.8 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SW372.9 m 0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
23:0045 Fresh1.5 m (0.9 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h SW373.3 m dry16°moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Lahinch (modelled), 11 km away · metres above chart datum
03:5510:2016:4523:00
Low 03:55 · 1.4 mHigh 10:20 · 4.1 mLow 16:45 · 1.4 mHigh 23:00 · 3.8 m

The spot

Faces
308° NW
Swell window
SW 220° → NNE 20°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 2.1 km out
Water
Excellent Quality

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

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsParkingDogs: no info

As listed by Clare County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Sauna Suaimhneas · Lahinch Beach (also Spanish Point, White Strand Miltown Malbay, Clahane Shore) · 15 km · mobile

Doolin Ocean Sauna (Wild Atlantic Seaweed Baths) · Doolin Pier · 22 km · fixed

Tide Side Sauna · Glin Pier (also Kilteery Pier), Shannon Estuary, Co. Limerick · 29 km · mobile

The Quilty bathing area is located along the south western coast of County Clare in the Shannon River Basin District.

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🌊 Quilty dip · Decent · sea 15° · 1.5 mSat, 3 Oct 16:30–17:30 · light winds, dry, big sea 1.5 m
🌊 Quilty dip · Decent · sea 15° · 1.5 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · moderate breeze, dry, waves 1.5 m
🌊 Quilty dip · Fresh · sea 15° · 1.6 mMon, 5 Oct 18:30–19:30 · gentle breeze, dry, big sea 1.6 m

Nearby spots

Seafield, Quilty

3 km · Co. Clare · Excellent Quality

Spanish Point

3 km · Co. Clare · Excellent Quality

Lough Donnell

5 km · Co. Clare · Not classified

White Strand, Miltown Malbay

6 km · Co. Clare · Excellent Quality

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