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Seapoint

Excellent Quality 2025 Green Coast faces E

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Surf score now
57
Fresh · chest-high 1.2 m, cross-shore wind
Waves
1.2 m
7 s period from SE · model cell 2 km out
Sea
15.2°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 62 km away.
Tide
4.3 m
Falling. Low at 21:50.
Wind
30 km/h
Fresh breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 53
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:01. Air 16°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
19:00
Decent 73/100
chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide · 1.1 m · 22 km/h
▲ 03:25 ▼ 09:15 ▲ 15:55 ▼ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 14 km/h
▲ 04:20 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:05
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 13 km/h
▲ 05:45 ▼ 11:40 ▲ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Blowy 31/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.3 m · 26 km/h
▼ 00:40 ▲ 07:20 ▼ 13:15 ▲ 19:50
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 20 km/h
▼ 02:15 ▲ 08:40 ▼ 14:35 ▲ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 15 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 15:35 ▲ 22:05
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 19 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:35 ▼ 16:20 ▲ 22:50

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 17:0056 · Freshchest-high 1.2 m · cross-shore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 15:00 · 45 FreshFri 16:00 · 48 FreshFri 17:00 · 56 FreshFri 18:00 · 53 FreshFri 19:00 · 73 DecentFri 20:00 · 69 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 41 Blowy · nightFri 22:00 · 39 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 42 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 20 Grim · nightSat 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 26 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 5 GrimSat 08:00 · 5 GrimSat 09:00 · 5 GrimSat 10:00 · 5 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 5 GrimSat 13:00 · 5 GrimSat 14:00 · 5 GrimSat 15:00 · 5 GrimSat 16:00 · 5 GrimSat 17:00 · 5 GrimSat 18:00 · 5 GrimSat 19:00 · 5 GrimSat 20:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 5 GrimSun 09:00 · 5 GrimSun 10:00 · 5 GrimSun 11:00 · 5 GrimSun 12:00 · 5 GrimSun 13:00 · 5 GrimSun 14:00 · 5 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 5 GrimSun 17:00 · 5 GrimSun 18:00 · 5 GrimSun 19:00 · 5 GrimSun 20:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 5 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 22 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 18 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 15 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 14 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 17 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 20 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 23 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 26 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 29 Blowy · nightMon 07:00 · 32 Blowy · nightMon 08:00 · 31 BlowyMon 09:00 · 27 GrimMon 10:00 · 24 GrimMon 11:00 · 21 GrimMon 12:00 · 17 GrimMon 13:00 · 14 GrimMon 14:00 · 15 GrimMon 15:00 · 18 GrimMon 16:00 · 21 GrimMon 17:00 · 24 GrimMon 18:00 · 5 GrimMon 19:00 · 5 GrimMon 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 5 GrimTue 13:00 · 5 GrimTue 16:00 · 5 GrimTue 19:00 · 5 GrimTue 22:00 · 12 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 2 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 25 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 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 17:00

56 Fresh
  • chest-high 1.2 m
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • rain
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.2 m30 km/h
faces 87° E · wind cross
Waves
1.2 m @ 7 s from SE
Wind
30 km/h SSW · gusts 53
Tide
4.3 m · high
Air
16°C · 1.7 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
16:0048 Fresh1.2 m7 sSE34 km/h SSW564.5 m ▲0.7 mm16°chest-high 1.2 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
17:0056 Fresh1.2 m7 sSE30 km/h SSW534.3 m ▲1.7 mm16°chest-high 1.2 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
18:0053 Fresh1.1 m7 sSE33 km/h SW463.7 m 1.0 mm16°chest-high 1.2 m, strong offshore, high-ish tide
19:0073 Decent1.1 m7 sSE22 km/h WSW362.9 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
20:0069 Decent1.0 m7 sSE21 km/h WSW302.1 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
21:0041 Blowy0.9 m7 sSE14 km/h WSW301.4 m ▼dry13°waist-high 0.9 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
22:0039 Blowy0.8 m7 sSE17 km/h W301.2 m ▼dry12°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
23:0042 Blowy0.7 m7 sSE15 km/h WSW281.4 m ▼dry11°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0020 Grim0.6 m7 sSE14 km/h WSW272.0 m dry10°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
01:0023 Grim0.5 m7 sSE12 km/h SW262.8 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0026 Grim0.5 m7 sSE14 km/h WSW263.5 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0029 Blowy0.4 m7 sSE17 km/h WSW274.0 m dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
04:0032 Blowy0.3 m7 sSE12 km/h WSW264.3 m ▲dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
05:0031 Blowy0.3 m7 sSE13 km/h SW224.3 m ▲dry7°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
06:005 Grim0.3 m6 sSE13 km/h SW214.0 m dry7°flat
07:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE14 km/h WSW213.4 m dry7°flat
08:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE14 km/h WSW212.6 m dry7°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE13 km/h WSW222.0 m dry8°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE14 km/h WSW231.6 m ▼dry10°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSE13 km/h WSW231.6 m ▼dry12°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE11 km/h SW222.0 m dry14°flat
13:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE10 km/h SW212.6 m dry15°flat
14:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE12 km/h SW213.2 m dry15°flat
15:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE13 km/h SW213.8 m dry16°flat
16:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE12 km/h SW224.2 m ▲dry16°flat
17:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE12 km/h SW224.3 m ▲dry16°flat
18:005 Grim0.1 m4 sSE10 km/h SSW214.2 m ▲dry16°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE8 km/h SSW183.8 m dry14°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE13 km/h S193.1 m dry13°flat
21:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE11 km/h S212.3 m dry13°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE11 km/h SSW251.8 m ▼dry12°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE17 km/h SW291.5 m ▼dry11°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE17 km/h SW311.6 m ▼dry10°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE16 km/h SW321.9 m dry10°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE17 km/h SSW332.5 m dry11°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE14 km/h SW333.1 m dry10°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE11 km/h SW333.6 m dry10°flat
05:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE12 km/h SSW344.0 m ▲dry10°flat
06:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE14 km/h SW354.1 m ▲dry10°flat
07:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE14 km/h SSW364.0 m dry11°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE13 km/h SSW363.5 m dry12°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE13 km/h SW362.9 m dry12°flat
10:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE19 km/h SW382.3 m dry14°flat
11:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE24 km/h SW391.9 m ▼dry16°flat
12:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE22 km/h WSW391.9 m ▼dry17°flat
13:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE18 km/h SW392.0 m dry17°flat
14:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE28 km/h SW382.5 m dry17°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSE26 km/h SW383.0 m dry17°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Port Oriel, 5 km away · metres above chart datum
03:2509:1515:5521:50
High 03:25 · 4.7 mLow 09:15 · 1.2 mHigh 15:55 · 4.5 mLow 21:50 · 1.2 m

The spot

Faces
87° E
Swell window
N 350° → S 170°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2 km out
Water
Excellent 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 Excellent, 2023 Excellent, 2022 Excellent. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsParkingPublic busDogs on lead

As listed by Louth County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Wood Fired Sauna (Skerries) · Skerries, Co. Dublin · 21 km · fixed

The Wood Fired Sauna (Rush) · North Beach, Rush, Co. Dublin · 28 km · fixed

The beach at Seapoint is large and open consisting of sand and shingle. The bathing water is located in an area backing onto sand dunes. The designated bathing area is approximately 1270m in length. The designated bathing area is divided by the mouth of the Termonfeckin River. There is a small rocky area and sand bars to the south of the bathing area.

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🏄 Seapoint surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.1 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.1 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Seapoint surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.2 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · flat
🏄 Seapoint surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat

Nearby spots

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