Redbarn
Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag faces SE
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46
Fresh · waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy
Waves
0.6 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 2.7 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 84 km away.
Tide
1.2 m
Low tide. High at 10:30.
Wind
5 km/h
Light air, NW, offshore, gusts 10
Daylight
07:35
Sunrise. Sunset 19:06. Air 7°C.
Best surf each day
Daylight hoursToday
08:00
Blowy 33/100
knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind · 0.6 m · 10 km/h
▼ 04:40 ▲ 10:30 ▼ 17:10 ▲ 22:55
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Blowy 33/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind · 0.3 m · 8 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:35
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Grim 15/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide · 0.3 m · 21 km/h
▲ 00:20 ▼ 07:15 ▲ 13:15 ▼ 20:05
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 12 km/h
▲ 01:55 ▼ 08:35 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:15
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 14 km/h
▲ 03:10 ▼ 09:50 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 10 km/h
▲ 04:20 ▼ 10:45 ▲ 16:45 ▼ 23:15
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 33 km/h
▲ 05:05 ▼ 11:30 ▲ 17:30 ▼ 23:55
Week at a glance
Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.Sat 05:0046 · Fresh
Sat, 3 Oct, 05:00
46 Fresh- waist-high 0.6 m
- short period 5 s, choppy
- offshore wind
- low tide
- offshore wind
Waves
0.6 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
5 km/h NW · gusts 10
Tide
1.2 m · low
Air
7°C · dry
Meteogram
Score, waves, wind (green offshore, amber cross, red onshore), rain and air, tideHour by hour
Next 48 hours| Time | Surf | Waves | Period | From | Wind | Gust | Tide | Rain | Air | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | ||||||||||
| 04:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 6 s | SSE | 5 km/h NW | 10 | 1.3 m ▼ | dry | 7° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 05:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 6 s | SSE | 5 km/h NW | 10 | 1.2 m ▼ | dry | 7° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 06:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 4 km/h NW | 10 | 1.5 m | dry | 6° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 07:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h NW | 10 | 2.1 m | dry | 6° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind |
| 08:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h NNW | 12 | 2.8 m | dry | 7° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind |
| 09:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 11 km/h N | 14 | 3.3 m | dry | 9° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind |
| 10:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 8 km/h N | 15 | 3.6 m ▲ | dry | 10° | knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high tide |
| 11:00 | 23 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 4 km/h NE | 13 | 3.6 m ▲ | dry | 12° | knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 12:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 4 km/h ESE | 14 | 3.3 m | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, high tide |
| 13:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 5 km/h SE | 16 | 2.8 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 14:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 9 km/h SE | 18 | 2.3 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 15:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 11 km/h ESE | 19 | 1.9 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 16:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 12 km/h ESE | 18 | 1.5 m ▼ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low tide |
| 17:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 12 km/h SE | 17 | 1.3 m ▼ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low tide |
| 18:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 12 km/h SSE | 14 | 1.4 m ▼ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low tide |
| 19:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 8 km/h SSE | 11 | 1.7 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore |
| 20:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 4 s | SSE | 9 km/h SSE | 9 | 2.3 m | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore |
| 21:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 4 s | SSE | 9 km/h SSE | 9 | 2.9 m | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore |
| 22:00 | 21 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 11 km/h SSE | 9 | 3.3 m ▲ | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high tide |
| 23:00 | 7 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 15 km/h SSE | 10 | 3.4 m ▲ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.3 m, onshore wind, high tide |
| Sunday, 4 October | ||||||||||
| 00:00 | 7 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 15 km/h SSE | 10 | 3.3 m ▲ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.3 m, onshore wind, high tide |
| 01:00 | 7 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 14 km/h SSE | 10 | 3.0 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.3 m, onshore wind |
| 02:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 11 km/h SW | 10 | 2.5 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 03:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 4 km/h SW | 11 | 2.1 m | dry | 12° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 04:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 7 km/h WSW | 12 | 1.7 m | dry | 12° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 05:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 8 km/h NW | 12 | 1.4 m ▼ | dry | 11° | knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low tide |
| 06:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 2 km/h NNW | 13 | 1.4 m ▼ | dry | 11° | knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low tide |
| 07:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 3 km/h W | 13 | 1.6 m | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low tide |
| 08:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 8 km/h W | 14 | 2.0 m | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind |
| 09:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 6 km/h WNW | 16 | 2.6 m | dry | 13° | knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind |
| 10:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 10 km/h WSW | 19 | 3.0 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 11:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 15 km/h SW | 22 | 3.4 m ▲ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 12:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 21 km/h SW | 25 | 3.4 m ▲ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 13:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 22 km/h SW | 27 | 3.3 m ▲ | dry | 17° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 14:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 23 km/h SW | 30 | 2.9 m | dry | 17° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 15:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 26 km/h SW | 31 | 2.5 m | dry | 17° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 16:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 28 km/h SW | 32 | 2.1 m | dry | 17° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 17:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 27 km/h SW | 32 | 1.7 m | dry | 17° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 18:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 24 km/h SW | 32 | 1.5 m ▼ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 19:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 20 km/h SW | 30 | 1.5 m ▼ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 20:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 20 km/h SW | 27 | 1.7 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 21:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 22 km/h SW | 26 | 2.1 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 22:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 21 km/h SW | 25 | 2.6 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
| 23:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 15 km/h WSW | 24 | 3.0 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| Monday, 5 October | ||||||||||
| 00:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 16 km/h WSW | 24 | 3.3 m ▲ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 01:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 17 km/h WSW | 24 | 3.3 m ▲ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 02:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 22 km/h SW | 31 | 3.0 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 03:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 23 km/h SW | 31 | 2.7 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
Where the energy comes from
Wave energy (H²·T) this week by direction, against the swell windowSwell arriving between E and SW reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.
Tide today
Ballycotton, 14 km away · metres above chart datumLow 04:40 · 1.2 mHigh 10:30 · 3.6 mLow 17:10 · 1.3 mHigh 22:55 · 3.4 m
The spot
Faces
142° SE
Swell window
E 100° → SW 230°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 2.7 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.
On the ground
Lifeguard: YesToiletsParkingAccessible: YesNo dogs (Dogs are not allowed on this beach between 10.30 a.m. & 7.00 p.m. during the bathing season which runs from 1st June to 15th September.)
As listed by Cork County Council. Open in Maps.
Sauna after?
My Hot Spot · Redbarn Strand, Youghal · right here · fixed
Coastal Cabin Beach Sauna · Garryvoe Beach, Ballycotton · 12 km · fixed
Cedar & Steam Sauna · Ballycroneen Strand (also Guileen Bay), Cloyne · 21 km · mobile
The Sweaty Sanctuary Sauna · Inch Beach, Whitegate · 23 km · fixed
Redbarn beach is a south facing, gently sloping, sandy/pebble beach. It is located on an approx. 5km long stretch of sandy coastline and is quite open to rough weather and rough seas. The beach is bounded to the rear (north west) by sand dunes leading to agricultural lands, to the north is Ballyvergan Marsh a proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA 000078) and to the south is Ballymacoda (Clonpriest & Pillmore) a proposed NHA (pNHA 000077) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC 000077). The beach is used to some extent by anglers, walkers, surfers and windsurfers.
Put Redbarn in your calendar
Dipper Plus drops the best surf hour here into your phone every day, with waves, sea temperature, tide and a 45-minute nudge. Up to three spots.
Set up Dipper Plus🏄 Redbarn surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.6 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind
🏄 Redbarn surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind
🏄 Redbarn surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mMon, 5 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
Nearby spots
Score is Dipper's own blend. It rates comfort, not safety. Forecast: Met Éireann. Waves: Marine Institute Irish Shelf wave model.