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Ring (Greenlands Strand)

Green Coast faces SSE Monitored, not designated

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Dip score now
54
Fresh · fresh breeze, showers possible
Waves
0.7 m
5 s period from SSE · model cell 3.5 km out
Sea
16.7°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 84 km away.
Tide
3.7 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 09:25.
Wind
33 km/h
Fresh breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 48
Daylight
07:33
Sunrise. Sunset 19:08. Air 16°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours
Today
09:00
Decent 78/100
moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.7 m · 0.7 m · 27 km/h
▼ 03:40 ▲ 09:25 ▼ 16:10 ▲ 22:00
Sat, 3 Oct
12:00
Grand 94/100
light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m · 0.5 m · 5 km/h
▼ 04:40 ▲ 10:30 ▼ 17:10 ▲ 22:55
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grand 84/100
moderate breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.3 m · 21 km/h
▼ 05:40 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 18:35
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.3 m · 19 km/h
▲ 00:20 ▼ 07:15 ▲ 13:15 ▼ 20:05
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.3 m · 12 km/h
▲ 01:55 ▼ 08:35 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:15
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grand 91/100
gentle breeze, dry, low tide · 16 km/h
▲ 03:10 ▼ 09:50 ▲ 15:50 ▼ 22:25
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry · 14 km/h
▲ 04:20 ▼ 10:45 ▲ 16:45 ▼ 23:15

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 08:0054 · Freshfresh breeze · showers possible
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 06:00 · 62 Decent · nightFri 07:00 · 78 Decent · nightFri 08:00 · 54 FreshFri 09:00 · 78 DecentFri 10:00 · 54 FreshFri 11:00 · 62 DecentFri 12:00 · 42 BlowyFri 13:00 · 42 BlowyFri 14:00 · 26 GrimFri 15:00 · 18 GrimFri 16:00 · 12 GrimFri 17:00 · 27 GrimFri 18:00 · 42 BlowyFri 19:00 · 76 DecentFri 20:00 · 82 Grand · nightFri 21:00 · 91 Grand · nightFri 22:00 · 91 Grand · nightFri 23:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 00:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 03:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 04:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 06:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 07:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 08:00 · 86 GrandSat 09:00 · 86 GrandSat 10:00 · 91 GrandSat 11:00 · 91 GrandSat 12:00 · 94 GrandSat 13:00 · 94 GrandSat 14:00 · 94 GrandSat 15:00 · 94 GrandSat 16:00 · 88 GrandSat 17:00 · 94 GrandSat 18:00 · 94 GrandSat 19:00 · 88 GrandSat 20:00 · 88 Grand · nightSat 21:00 · 94 Grand · nightSat 22:00 · 94 Grand · nightSat 23:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 00:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 01:00 · 88 Grand · nightSun 02:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 03:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 04:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 05:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 06:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 07:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 08:00 · 84 GrandSun 09:00 · 84 GrandSun 10:00 · 84 GrandSun 11:00 · 84 GrandSun 12:00 · 84 GrandSun 13:00 · 84 GrandSun 14:00 · 84 GrandSun 15:00 · 84 GrandSun 16:00 · 84 GrandSun 17:00 · 84 GrandSun 18:00 · 84 GrandSun 19:00 · 84 GrandSun 20:00 · 84 Grand · nightSun 21:00 · 84 Grand · nightSun 22:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 23:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 00:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 01:00 · 84 Grand · nightMon 02:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 03:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 04:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 05:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 06:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 07:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 10:00 · 84 GrandMon 13:00 · 84 GrandMon 16:00 · 84 GrandMon 19:00 · 94 GrandMon 22:00 · 94 Grand · nightTue 01:00 · 94 Grand · nightTue 04:00 · 94 Grand · nightTue 07:00 · 94 Grand · nightTue 10:00 · 94 GrandTue 13:00 · 86 GrandTue 16:00 · 86 GrandTue 19:00 · 94 GrandTue 22:00 · 91 Grand · nightWed 01:00 · 87 Grand · nightWed 04:00 · 82 Grand · nightWed 07:00 · 86 Grand · nightWed 10:00 · 91 GrandWed 13:00 · 90 GrandWed 19:00 · 91 GrandThu 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightThu 07:00 · 86 Grand · nightThu 13:00 · 94 GrandThu 19:00 · 81 Grand

Fri, 2 Oct, 08:00

54 Fresh
  • fresh breeze
  • showers possible
  • small waves 0.7 m
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.7 m33 km/h
faces 147° SSE · wind cross
Waves
0.7 m @ 5 s from SSE
Wind
33 km/h SSW · gusts 48
Tide
3.4 m · upper half
Air
16°C · 0.2 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
08:0054 Fresh0.7 m5 sSSE33 km/h SSW483.4 m 0.2 mm16°fresh breeze, showers possible, small waves 0.7 m
09:0078 Decent0.7 m5 sSSE27 km/h SSW483.8 m ▲0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.7 m
10:0054 Fresh0.8 m5 sSSE32 km/h SSW503.8 m ▲0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, showers possible, small waves 0.7 m
11:0062 Decent0.8 m5 sSSE37 km/h SSW543.5 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, small waves 0.8 m
12:0042 Blowy0.8 m6 sSSE38 km/h SSW572.9 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, waves 0.8 m
13:0042 Blowy0.8 m6 sSSE39 km/h SSW592.2 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, waves 0.8 m
14:0026 Grim0.9 m6 sSSE40 km/h SSW601.7 m dry16°strong wind, dry, waves 0.9 m
15:0018 Grim0.9 m6 sSSE42 km/h SSW611.3 m ▼0.4 mm16°strong wind, showers possible, waves 0.9 m
16:0012 Grim0.9 m6 sSSE43 km/h SSW611.1 m ▼0.7 mm16°strong wind, rain, waves 0.9 m
17:0027 Grim0.9 m6 sSSE37 km/h SW591.2 m ▼0.8 mm16°fresh breeze, rain, waves 0.9 m
18:0042 Blowy0.9 m5 sSSE30 km/h WSW531.6 m 0.7 mm16°fresh breeze, showers possible, waves 0.9 m
19:0076 Decent0.9 m5 sSSE14 km/h W432.4 m 0.1 mm15°gentle breeze, dry, waves 0.9 m
20:0082 Grand0.8 m5 sSSE12 km/h WNW283.0 m dry14°light winds, dry, waves 0.8 m
21:0091 Grand0.8 m5 sSSE10 km/h WNW213.5 m ▲dry12°light winds, dry, small waves 0.8 m
22:0091 Grand0.8 m5 sSSE10 km/h WNW183.7 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, small waves 0.8 m
23:0086 Grand0.7 m5 sSSE10 km/h W173.5 m ▲dry10°light winds, dry, small waves 0.7 m
Saturday, 3 October
00:0086 Grand0.7 m5 sSSE10 km/h W163.1 m dry9°light winds, dry, small waves 0.7 m
01:0086 Grand0.7 m5 sSSE10 km/h W152.5 m dry9°light winds, dry, small waves 0.7 m
02:0086 Grand0.7 m5 sSSE9 km/h W131.9 m dry9°light winds, dry, small waves 0.7 m
03:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE10 km/h WNW121.5 m dry8°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
04:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE10 km/h WNW111.3 m ▼dry7°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
05:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE10 km/h WNW111.2 m ▼dry7°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
06:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE6 km/h NW101.5 m dry7°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
07:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE2 km/h NNW102.1 m dry7°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
08:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE6 km/h NW112.8 m dry8°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
09:0086 Grand0.6 m5 sSSE5 km/h N103.3 m dry10°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
10:0091 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE1 km/h NNW103.6 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
11:0091 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE3 km/h SSE103.6 m ▲dry13°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
12:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE5 km/h SSE133.3 m dry13°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
13:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE9 km/h SSE152.8 m dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
14:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE172.3 m dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
15:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE181.9 m dry15°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
16:0088 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE12 km/h S191.5 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
17:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE10 km/h S191.3 m ▼dry15°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
18:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE9 km/h S181.4 m ▼dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
19:0088 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE12 km/h S171.7 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
20:0088 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE13 km/h S162.3 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
21:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE12 km/h S172.9 m dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
22:0094 Grand0.5 m5 sSSE11 km/h S183.3 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
23:0094 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h S193.4 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
Sunday, 4 October
00:0094 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h S213.3 m ▲dry15°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
01:0088 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h S223.0 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.4 m
02:0094 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h SSW232.5 m dry15°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
03:00100 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h SW232.1 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
04:00100 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE7 km/h WSW241.7 m dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:0094 Grand0.4 m5 sSSE13 km/h SW251.4 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
06:00100 Grand0.4 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW261.4 m ▼dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
07:00100 Grand0.4 m4 sSSE11 km/h SW271.6 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Ballycotton, 11 km away · metres above chart datum
03:4009:2516:1022:00
Low 03:40 · 1.0 mHigh 09:25 · 3.9 mLow 16:10 · 1.1 mHigh 22:00 · 3.7 m

The spot

Faces
147° SSE
Swell window
NE 50° → WSW 240°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 3.5 km out
Water
Not classified

Facing and swell window are derived from the wave model's coastline around the spot, not surveyed. Know better? Tell us.

Water quality

No annual classification yet.

· beaches.ie

On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsNo parking listedDogs on lead

As listed by Cork County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

My Hot Spot · Redbarn Strand, Youghal · 4 km · fixed

Coastal Cabin Beach Sauna · Garryvoe Beach, Ballycotton · 9 km · fixed

Cedar & Steam Sauna · Ballycroneen Strand (also Guileen Bay), Cloyne · 18 km · mobile

The Sweaty Sanctuary Sauna · Inch Beach, Whitegate · 20 km · fixed

Ring Beach is a sandy beach, located approx 3.5 kilometres from Ballymacoda in Co Cork. It is a Special Protection Area (SPA) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The beach looks out onto Ballymacoda Bay and Pillmor. In keeping with leave no trace principles bins are not provided. The public are expected to take home any waste they generate

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🌊 Ring (Greenlands Strand) dip · Decent · sea 17° · 0.7 mFri, 2 Oct 08:30–09:30 · moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.7 m
🌊 Ring (Greenlands Strand) dip · Grand · sea 17° · 0.5 mSat, 3 Oct 11:30–12:30 · light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
🌊 Ring (Greenlands Strand) dip · Grand · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · moderate breeze, dry, calm sea

Nearby spots

Redbarn

4 km · Co. Cork · Excellent Quality

Youghal Claycastle

5 km · Co. Cork · Excellent Quality

Youghal Front Strand Beach

6 km · Co. Cork · Excellent Quality

Ballyhonock Lough

9 km · Co. Cork · Not classified

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