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Sandymount Strand

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94
Grand · light winds, dry
Waves
0.4 m
5 s period from SE · model cell 4.8 km out
Sea
15.2°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 54 km away.
Tide
2.0 m
Falling, nearly low. Low at 09:15.
Wind
9 km/h
Light breeze, S, cross, gusts 26
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 14°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours
Today
07:00
Grand 94/100
light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m · 0.4 m · 9 km/h
▲ 03:40 ▼ 09:15 ▲ 16:10 ▼ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
10:00
Grand 100/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.1 m · 8 km/h
▲ 04:45 ▼ 10:15 ▲ 17:15 ▼ 23:10
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 14 km/h
▲ 06:10 ▼ 11:45 ▲ 18:40
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grand 100/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 11 km/h
▼ 00:45 ▲ 07:45 ▼ 13:15 ▲ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
19:00
Grand 97/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.1 m · 11 km/h
▼ 02:10 ▲ 09:00 ▼ 14:30 ▲ 21:10
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grand 92/100
light winds, dry, high tide · 11 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 10:00 ▼ 15:40 ▲ 22:05
Thu, 8 Oct
19:00
Grand 97/100
light winds, dry · 9 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:50 ▼ 16:20 ▲ 22:55

Week at a glance

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Fri 07:0094 · Grandlight winds · dry
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 05:00 · 94 Grand · nightFri 06:00 · 94 Grand · nightFri 07:00 · 94 GrandFri 08:00 · 88 GrandFri 09:00 · 88 GrandFri 10:00 · 88 GrandFri 11:00 · 78 DecentFri 12:00 · 78 DecentFri 13:00 · 78 DecentFri 14:00 · 78 DecentFri 15:00 · 70 DecentFri 16:00 · 65 DecentFri 17:00 · 64 DecentFri 18:00 · 47 FreshFri 19:00 · 60 FreshFri 20:00 · 84 Grand · nightFri 21:00 · 84 Grand · nightFri 22:00 · 88 Grand · nightFri 23:00 · 81 Grand · nightSat 00:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 01:00 · 87 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 87 Grand · nightSat 03:00 · 91 Grand · nightSat 04:00 · 97 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 97 Grand · nightSat 06:00 · 97 Grand · nightSat 07:00 · 97 GrandSat 08:00 · 97 GrandSat 09:00 · 97 GrandSat 10:00 · 100 GrandSat 11:00 · 100 GrandSat 12:00 · 100 GrandSat 13:00 · 100 GrandSat 14:00 · 100 GrandSat 15:00 · 94 GrandSat 16:00 · 100 GrandSat 17:00 · 94 GrandSat 18:00 · 100 GrandSat 19:00 · 100 GrandSat 20:00 · 100 Grand · nightSat 21:00 · 100 Grand · nightSat 22:00 · 100 Grand · nightSat 23:00 · 97 Grand · nightSun 00:00 · 97 Grand · nightSun 01:00 · 97 Grand · nightSun 02:00 · 97 Grand · nightSun 03:00 · 97 Grand · nightSun 04:00 · 97 Grand · nightSun 05:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 06:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 07:00 · 100 Grand · nightSun 08:00 · 94 GrandSun 09:00 · 94 GrandSun 10:00 · 94 GrandSun 11:00 · 94 GrandSun 12:00 · 94 GrandSun 13:00 · 94 GrandSun 14:00 · 94 GrandSun 15:00 · 94 GrandSun 16:00 · 94 GrandSun 17:00 · 94 GrandSun 18:00 · 94 GrandSun 19:00 · 94 GrandSun 20:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 21:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 22:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 23:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 00:00 · 94 Grand · nightMon 01:00 · 94 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 · 90 GrandMon 13:00 · 90 GrandMon 16:00 · 94 GrandMon 19:00 · 100 GrandMon 22:00 · 100 Grand · nightTue 01:00 · 100 Grand · nightTue 04:00 · 100 Grand · nightTue 07:00 · 100 Grand · nightTue 10:00 · 92 GrandTue 13:00 · 86 GrandTue 16:00 · 92 GrandTue 19:00 · 97 GrandTue 22:00 · 97 Grand · nightWed 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightWed 04:00 · 86 Grand · nightWed 07:00 · 92 Grand · nightWed 10:00 · 92 GrandWed 13:00 · 91 GrandWed 19:00 · 83 GrandThu 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightThu 07:00 · 86 Grand · nightThu 13:00 · 91 GrandThu 19:00 · 97 Grand

Fri, 2 Oct, 07:00

94 Grand
  • light winds
  • dry
  • small waves 0.4 m
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.4 m9 km/h
faces 94° E · wind cross
Waves
0.4 m @ 5 s from SE
Wind
9 km/h S · gusts 26
Tide
2.2 m · lower half
Air
14°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
07:0094 Grand0.4 m5 sSE9 km/h S262.2 m dry14°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
08:0088 Grand0.4 m5 sSE12 km/h SSW261.5 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.4 m
09:0088 Grand0.4 m5 sSE13 km/h SSW301.1 m ▼dry16°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.4 m
10:0088 Grand0.4 m5 sSE19 km/h SSW371.1 m ▼dry17°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.4 m
11:0078 Decent0.5 m5 sSE21 km/h SSW411.6 m dry18°moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
12:0078 Decent0.5 m5 sSE22 km/h SSW452.2 m dry18°moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
13:0078 Decent0.5 m6 sSE22 km/h SSW482.8 m dry18°moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
14:0078 Decent0.6 m7 sSE24 km/h SSW503.2 m 0.1 mm18°moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.6 m
15:0070 Decent0.7 m8 sSE25 km/h SSW493.6 m ▲0.2 mm18°moderate breeze, showers possible, small waves 0.7 m
16:0065 Decent0.7 m8 sSE23 km/h SSW493.8 m ▲0.5 mm18°moderate breeze, rain, small waves 0.7 m
17:0064 Decent0.7 m8 sSE24 km/h SSW493.7 m ▲0.6 mm17°moderate breeze, rain, small waves 0.7 m
18:0047 Fresh0.7 m8 sSE31 km/h SW473.3 m 0.8 mm17°fresh breeze, rain, small waves 0.7 m
19:0060 Fresh0.7 m8 sSE31 km/h WSW402.6 m 0.4 mm16°fresh breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, showers possible
20:0084 Grand0.6 m8 sSE26 km/h WSW351.9 m dry15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
21:0084 Grand0.5 m8 sSE24 km/h W361.3 m ▼dry14°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
22:0088 Grand0.5 m8 sSE19 km/h W351.1 m ▼dry13°gentle breeze, dry, small waves 0.5 m
23:0081 Grand0.4 m8 sSE22 km/h W341.3 m ▼dry12°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
Saturday, 3 October
00:0091 Grand0.4 m8 sSE19 km/h W321.7 m dry12°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
01:0087 Grand0.3 m6 sSE26 km/h W322.3 m dry11°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
02:0087 Grand0.3 m6 sSE25 km/h W312.8 m dry11°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
03:0091 Grand0.3 m6 sSE18 km/h W253.2 m dry11°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
04:0097 Grand0.3 m5 sSE10 km/h W193.5 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:0097 Grand0.2 m5 sSE6 km/h WSW173.6 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
06:0097 Grand0.2 m5 sSE6 km/h WSW173.5 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
07:0097 Grand0.2 m5 sSE8 km/h W173.0 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
08:0097 Grand0.2 m4 sSE9 km/h WSW172.3 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
09:0097 Grand0.2 m4 sSE9 km/h WSW171.8 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
10:00100 Grand0.1 m4 sSE8 km/h W171.4 m ▼dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
11:00100 Grand0.1 m4 sSE10 km/h W171.4 m ▼dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
12:00100 Grand0.1 m4 sSE9 km/h W171.7 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
13:00100 Grand0.1 m4 sSE7 km/h SW182.2 m dry16°light winds, dry, calm sea
14:00100 Grand0.1 m4 sSE4 km/h SW202.7 m dry17°light winds, dry, calm sea
15:0094 Grand0.1 m4 sSE13 km/h SE233.1 m dry17°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
16:00100 Grand0.1 m4 sSE7 km/h SSE243.4 m ▲dry17°light winds, dry, calm sea
17:0094 Grand0.1 m3 sSE13 km/h WSW243.6 m ▲dry17°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
18:00100 Grand0.1 m3 sSE11 km/h WSW223.6 m ▲dry17°light winds, dry, calm sea
19:00100 Grand0.1 m3 sSE8 km/h SW193.3 m dry16°light winds, dry, calm sea
20:00100 Grand0.1 m3 sSE8 km/h S182.7 m dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
21:00100 Grand0.1 m3 sSE7 km/h S192.1 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
22:00100 Grand0.1 m3 sSE6 km/h W191.6 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
23:0097 Grand0.1 m3 sSE7 km/h W201.3 m ▼dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
Sunday, 4 October
00:0097 Grand0.1 m3 sSE5 km/h W221.3 m ▼dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
01:0097 Grand0.1 m3 sSE4 km/h SSE231.6 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
02:0097 Grand0.1 m3 sSE5 km/h SE252.1 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
03:0097 Grand0.2 m4 sSE7 km/h SE272.5 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
04:0097 Grand0.2 m4 sSE3 km/h SE302.9 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:00100 Grand0.2 m4 sSE12 km/h SW323.3 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
06:00100 Grand0.2 m4 sSE12 km/h SW343.5 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea

Where the energy comes from

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

No swell window: this spot is inland or fully sheltered.

Tide today

Dublin Port, 2 km away · metres above chart datum
03:4009:1516:1021:50
High 03:40 · 3.9 mLow 09:15 · 1.1 mHigh 16:10 · 3.8 mLow 21:50 · 1.1 m

The spot

Faces
94° E
Swell window
None (sheltered)
Exposure
Bay · model cell 4.8 km out
Water
Sufficient 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 Poor, 2023 Poor, 2022 Sufficient. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

No lifeguard listedToiletsParkingBus/DARTAccessible: YESDogs on lead (YES)

As listed by Dublin City Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Fad Saoil Saunas (Blackrock) · Blackrock seafront · 3 km · fixed

Fad Saoil Saunas (Clontarf) · Clontarf seafront · 5 km · fixed

Helios Sauna (Dun Laoghaire Floating Sauna) · Coal Harbour, Dun Laoghaire Harbour · 6 km · fixed

Saunos Sandycove · 49 Sandycove Road, Sandycove · 7 km · fixed

Sandymount Strand is 2 km a sandy beach with a gradual slope, which makes the water too shallow for any real swimming. There is a large inlet of water that remains even at low tide and is known locally as "Cockle Lake". Although Sandymount Strand itself has little flora or fauna due to its positioning and coastal connection to Sean Moore Park and the lrishtown nature Reserve it is a nationally important area for migrating birds.

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🌊 Sandymount Strand dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.4 mFri, 2 Oct 06:30–07:30 · light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
🌊 Sandymount Strand dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.1 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · light winds, dry, calm sea
🌊 Sandymount Strand dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · gentle breeze, dry, calm sea

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The Lake

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