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Sandycove

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44
Blowy · waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy
Waves
0.6 m
5 s period from SSE · model cell 1.9 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 125 km away.
Tide
0.9 m
Low tide. High at 10:25.
Wind
11 km/h
Light breeze, NW, offshore, gusts 12
Daylight
07:37
Sunrise. Sunset 19:08. Air 8°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
08:00
Grim 21/100
knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.6 m · 14 km/h
▼ 04:10 ▲ 10:25 ▼ 16:45 ▲ 22:45
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Grim 15/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 25 km/h
▼ 05:15 ▲ 11:30 ▼ 18:05
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grim 13/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 18 km/h
▲ 00:05 ▼ 06:40 ▲ 12:55 ▼ 19:30
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 27/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 18 km/h
▲ 01:40 ▼ 08:05 ▲ 14:35 ▼ 20:45
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 14 km/h
▲ 02:55 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:30 ▼ 21:50
Thu, 8 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 9 km/h
▲ 03:55 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:40
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 36 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 11:05 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:25

Week at a glance

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Sat 05:0043 · Blowywaist-high 0.6 m · short period 5 s, choppy
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 03:00 · 42 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSat 05:00 · 43 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 40 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 37 Blowy · nightSat 08:00 · 21 GrimSat 09:00 · 18 GrimSat 10:00 · 14 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 8 GrimSat 13:00 · 11 GrimSat 14:00 · 12 GrimSat 15:00 · 15 GrimSat 16:00 · 19 GrimSat 17:00 · 20 GrimSat 18:00 · 17 GrimSat 19:00 · 14 GrimSat 20:00 · 10 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 7 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 4 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 2 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 7 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 23 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 26 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSun 05:00 · 22 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 21 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 17 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 6 GrimSun 09:00 · 11 GrimSun 10:00 · 0 GrimSun 11:00 · 0 GrimSun 12:00 · 0 GrimSun 13:00 · 0 GrimSun 14:00 · 3 GrimSun 15:00 · 6 GrimSun 16:00 · 9 GrimSun 17:00 · 12 GrimSun 18:00 · 15 GrimSun 19:00 · 12 GrimSun 20:00 · 9 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 2 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 1 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 4 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 7 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 10 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 13 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 14 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 11 GrimMon 09:00 · 8 GrimMon 10:00 · 4 GrimMon 11:00 · 1 GrimMon 12:00 · 0 GrimMon 13:00 · 0 GrimMon 14:00 · 0 GrimMon 15:00 · 1 GrimMon 16:00 · 4 GrimMon 17:00 · 7 GrimMon 18:00 · 10 GrimMon 19:00 · 13 GrimMon 20:00 · 21 Grim · nightMon 21:00 · 18 Grim · nightMon 22:00 · 15 Grim · nightMon 23:00 · 12 Grim · nightTue 00:00 · 8 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 02:00 · 4 Grim · nightTue 03:00 · 0 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 10 Grim · nightTue 05:00 · 13 Grim · nightTue 06:00 · 17 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 20 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 27 GrimTue 13:00 · 18 GrimTue 16:00 · 18 GrimTue 19:00 · 5 GrimTue 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 5 GrimWed 13:00 · 5 GrimWed 16:00 · 5 GrimWed 19:00 · 5 GrimWed 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 10:00 · 0 GrimThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 GrimFri 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightFri 13:00 · 0 GrimFri 19:00 · 0 Grim

Sat, 3 Oct, 05:00

43 Blowy
  • waist-high 0.6 m
  • short period 5 s, choppy
  • offshore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.6 m11 km/h
faces 152° SSE · wind offshore
Waves
0.6 m @ 5 s from SSE
Wind
11 km/h NW · gusts 12
Tide
0.9 m · low
Air
8°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
04:0045 Fresh0.7 m6 sSSE11 km/h NNW120.9 m ▼dry8°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
05:0043 Blowy0.6 m5 sSSE11 km/h NW120.9 m ▼dry8°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
06:0040 Blowy0.6 m5 sSSE8 km/h NNW121.3 m dry8°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
07:0037 Blowy0.6 m5 sSSE12 km/h NW121.8 m dry7°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind
08:0021 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE14 km/h NNW142.4 m dry8°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
09:0018 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE13 km/h NNW172.9 m dry8°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:0014 Grim0.6 m5 sSSE8 km/h NNW163.2 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE5 km/h E133.2 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:008 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE9 km/h E152.9 m dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:0011 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE11 km/h E182.4 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
14:0012 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE12 km/h ESE191.9 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
15:0015 Grim0.5 m5 sSSE13 km/h ESE191.4 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
16:0019 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE11 km/h SE191.1 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
17:0020 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h SE181.0 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
18:0017 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE9 km/h SE161.1 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
19:0014 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h SE131.5 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
20:0010 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE12 km/h SE112.1 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
21:007 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE14 km/h SSE112.6 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
22:004 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE13 km/h SE113.0 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
23:002 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE13 km/h SSE113.1 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
Sunday, 4 October
00:007 Grim0.4 m4 sSSE13 km/h SSW113.0 m ▲dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
01:0010 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h SW122.6 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
02:0023 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE7 km/h N122.1 m dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
03:0026 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h N131.7 m dry11°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0029 Blowy0.3 m4 sSSE3 km/h NW141.3 m ▼dry12°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0022 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE2 km/h NNE151.1 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
06:0021 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h WSW161.1 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
07:0017 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SW181.3 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
08:006 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE19 km/h WSW201.8 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
09:0011 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE16 km/h SW222.3 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
10:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW252.7 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
11:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE18 km/h SW263.0 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW283.0 m ▲dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW292.9 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
14:003 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW312.5 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
15:006 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW322.0 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
16:009 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW321.6 m dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
17:0012 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE24 km/h SW321.3 m ▼dry17°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0015 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE25 km/h WSW311.1 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
19:0012 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h WSW301.2 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
20:009 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW281.5 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
21:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE25 km/h SW271.9 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
22:002 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE24 km/h WSW272.4 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
23:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h WSW272.7 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
Monday, 5 October
00:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h WSW272.9 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
01:000 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h WSW272.9 m ▲dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
02:001 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW312.6 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
03:004 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE25 km/h SW312.3 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish 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
04:1010:2516:4522:45
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.

Sauna after?

The Sauna Snugg · Garrylucas Beach (White Strand), Garrettstown · 5 km · fixed

Wild Wellness Sauna · Garrettstown Beach, Kinsale · 5 km · fixed

My Haven Sauna · Oysterhaven Bay, Kinure · 6 km · fixed

Swede Sauna · Robert's Cove · 16 km · mobile

"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 · Grim · sea 17° · 0.6 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Sandycove surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Sandycove surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mMon, 5 Oct 18:30–19:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide

Nearby spots

The Dock Beach Kinsale

2 km · Co. Cork · Not classified

Garrylucas, White Strand

5 km · Co. Cork · Excellent Quality

Garretstown

5 km · Co. Cork · Excellent Quality

Oysterhaven

7 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.