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Sandycove

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Fresh · waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy

Waves

0.7 m

6 s period from SSE · model cell 1.9 km out

Sea

16.9°

Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 125 km away.

Tide

2.5 m

Falling. Low at 04:10.

Wind

11 km/h

Light breeze, NW, offshore, gusts 16

Daylight

07:37

Sunrise. Sunset 19:08. Air 10°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours

Today

08:00

Blowy 33/100

knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind · 0.6 m · 15 km/h

▼ 04:10 ▲ 10:25 ▼ 16:45 ▲ 22:45

Sun, 4 Oct

08:00

Grim 23/100

knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind · 0.3 m · 12 km/h

▼ 05:15 ▲ 11:30 ▼ 18:05

Mon, 5 Oct

19:00

Grim 23/100

knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide · 0.3 m · 17 km/h

▲ 00:05 ▼ 06:40 ▲ 12:55 ▼ 19:30

Tue, 6 Oct

10:00

Blowy 33/100

knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind · 0.3 m · 5 km/h

▲ 01:40 ▼ 08:05 ▲ 14:35 ▼ 20:45

Wed, 7 Oct

10:00

Grim 5/100

flat · 0.3 m · 16 km/h

▲ 02:55 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:30 ▼ 21:50

Thu, 8 Oct

13:00

Grim 0/100

no wave data here · 12 km/h

▲ 03:55 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:40

Fri, 9 Oct

13:00

Grim 0/100

no wave data here · 42 km/h

▲ 04:40 ▼ 11:05 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:25

Week at a glance

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Sat 00:0046 · Freshwaist-high 0.7 m · short period 6 s, choppy

Sat, 3 Oct, 00:00

46 Fresh

waist-high 0.7 m
short period 6 s, choppy
offshore wind
offshore wind

faces 152° SSE · wind offshore

Waves

0.7 m @ 6 s from SSE

Wind

11 km/h NW · gusts 16

Tide

2.7 m · upper half

Air

10°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours

Time	Surf	Waves	Period	From	Wind	Gust	Tide	Rain	Air	Why
Today
00:00	46 Fresh	0.7 m	6 s	SSE	11 km/h NW	16	2.7 m	dry	10°	waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
01:00	46 Fresh	0.7 m	6 s	SSE	10 km/h NW	13	2.1 m	dry	9°	waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
02:00	46 Fresh	0.7 m	6 s	SSE	10 km/h NW	12	1.5 m	dry	9°	waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
03:00	46 Fresh	0.7 m	6 s	SSE	11 km/h NW	12	1.1 m ▼	dry	8°	waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
04:00	46 Fresh	0.7 m	6 s	SSE	12 km/h NW	12	0.9 m ▼	dry	8°	waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
05:00	46 Fresh	0.6 m	5 s	SSE	11 km/h NW	12	0.9 m ▼	dry	8°	waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
06:00	46 Fresh	0.6 m	5 s	SSE	10 km/h NNW	11	1.3 m	dry	8°	waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
07:00	46 Fresh	0.6 m	5 s	SSE	5 km/h N	12	1.8 m	dry	8°	waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
08:00	33 Blowy	0.6 m	5 s	SSE	15 km/h NW	14	2.4 m	dry	8°	knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind
09:00	33 Blowy	0.6 m	5 s	SSE	11 km/h NNW	15	2.9 m	dry	8°	knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high tide
10:00	33 Blowy	0.6 m	5 s	SSE	8 km/h NNW	13	3.2 m ▲	dry	10°	knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high tide
11:00	23 Grim	0.5 m	5 s	SSE	6 km/h NE	12	3.2 m ▲	dry	13°	knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
12:00	23 Grim	0.5 m	5 s	SSE	10 km/h E	14	2.9 m	dry	14°	knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
13:00	23 Grim	0.5 m	5 s	SSE	13 km/h E	17	2.4 m	dry	14°	knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind
14:00	21 Grim	0.5 m	5 s	SSE	13 km/h ESE	18	1.9 m	dry	14°	knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore
15:00	21 Grim	0.5 m	5 s	SSE	13 km/h SE	18	1.4 m	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore
16:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	5 s	SSE	11 km/h SE	19	1.1 m ▼	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low tide
17:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	5 s	SSE	11 km/h SSE	18	1.0 m ▼	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low tide
18:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	5 s	SSE	11 km/h SSE	17	1.1 m	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low tide
19:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	5 s	SSE	8 km/h SSE	13	1.5 m	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore
20:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	5 s	SSE	9 km/h SSE	13	2.1 m	dry	14°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore
21:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	5 s	SSE	14 km/h SE	13	2.6 m	dry	14°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore
22:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	4 s	SSE	13 km/h SSE	13	3.0 m ▲	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high tide
23:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	4 s	SSE	8 km/h SSE	13	3.1 m ▲	dry	15°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high tide
Sunday, 4 October
00:00	21 Grim	0.4 m	4 s	SSE	7 km/h SSE	13	3.0 m ▲	dry	14°	knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high tide
01:00	33 Blowy	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	5 km/h NW	13	2.6 m	dry	13°	knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
02:00	33 Blowy	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	2 km/h NNW	13	2.1 m	dry	13°	knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind
03:00	33 Blowy	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	3 km/h NW	14	1.7 m	dry	13°	knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind
04:00	33 Blowy	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	3 km/h WNW	16	1.3 m ▼	dry	13°	knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low tide
05:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	9 km/h WSW	18	1.1 m ▼	dry	14°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
06:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	11 km/h WSW	19	1.1 m ▼	dry	15°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
07:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	12 km/h SW	21	1.3 m	dry	15°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
08:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	12 km/h SW	23	1.8 m	dry	15°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
09:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	16 km/h SW	25	2.3 m	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
10:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	17 km/h WSW	27	2.7 m	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
11:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	19 km/h WSW	28	3.0 m ▲	dry	17°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
12:00	23 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	18 km/h WSW	30	3.0 m ▲	dry	17°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
13:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	19 km/h WSW	31	2.9 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	32	2.5 m	dry	17°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
15:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	25 km/h SW	33	2.0 m	dry	17°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
16:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	26 km/h SW	33	1.6 m	dry	17°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
17:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	26 km/h SW	33	1.3 m ▼	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
18:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	24 km/h WSW	32	1.1 m ▼	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
19:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	24 km/h WSW	30	1.2 m ▼	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
20:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	22 km/h SW	29	1.5 m	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
21:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	22 km/h SW	29	1.9 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	31	2.4 m	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
23:00	15 Grim	0.3 m	4 s	SSE	21 km/h SW	28	2.7 m ▲	dry	16°	knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high tide

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Kinsale (modelled), 5 km away · metres above chart datum

Low 04:10 · 0.8 mHigh 10:25 · 3.3 mLow 16:45 · 1.0 mHigh 22:45 · 3.1 m

The spot

Faces

152° SSE

Swell window

E 80° → SW 230°

Exposure

Bay · model cell 1.9 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.

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On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsParkingDogs on lead

As listed by Cork County Council. Open in Maps.

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"Sandycove, 5km from Kinsale town centre is one of the towns most beloved coastal gems, drawing stand‑up paddleboarders, kayakers, and sea swimmers to its beautifully sheltered bay. The calm waters, protected by the nearby island, create ideal conditions for relaxed paddling and leisurely swims when tides and weather allow.As the tide recedes, the beach transforms—revealing a charming mix of sandy stretches and rocky outcrops dotted with rock pools, perfect for curious explorers of all ages.Framed by rolling green hills, Sandycoves unspoiled character offers a peaceful natural escape. Sandycove is ideally located close to several popular Kinsale highlights:Charles Fort- One of Ireland’s finest star-shaped forts, offering stunning harbour views and a fascinating look into the area’s military history.James Fort- A beautiful historic fortification opposite Charles Fort, perfect for a scenic walk with panoramic views of Kinsale Harbour."

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🏄 Sandycove surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.6 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind

🏄 Sandycove surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind

🏄 Sandycove surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mMon, 5 Oct 18:30–19:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide