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Shelling Hill/Templetown

Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag faces SE

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51
Fresh · overhead 1.7 m, cross-shore wind
Waves
1.7 m
7 s period from SSE · model cell 2.2 km out
Sea
15.2°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 73 km away.
Tide
3.6 m
Falling. Low at 21:50.
Wind
33 km/h
Fresh breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 45
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:00. Air 15°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
19:00
Decent 65/100
overhead 1.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 1.6 m · 28 km/h
▲ 03:25 ▼ 09:15 ▲ 15:55 ▼ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Grim 14/100
knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 14 km/h
▲ 04:20 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:05
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Grim 14/100
knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide · 0.6 m · 24 km/h
▲ 05:45 ▼ 11:40 ▲ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Grim 26/100
waist-high 0.6 m, short period 4 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.6 m · 22 km/h
▼ 00:40 ▲ 07:20 ▼ 13:15 ▲ 19:50
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Blowy 28/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.3 m · 13 km/h
▼ 02:15 ▲ 08:40 ▼ 14:35 ▲ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.1 m · 14 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:40 ▼ 15:35 ▲ 22:05
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 18 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:35 ▼ 16:20 ▲ 22:50

Week at a glance

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Fri 18:0051 · Freshoverhead 1.7 m · cross-shore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 14:00 · 22 GrimFri 15:00 · 35 BlowyFri 16:00 · 50 FreshFri 17:00 · 41 BlowyFri 18:00 · 51 FreshFri 19:00 · 65 DecentFri 20:00 · 51 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 48 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 46 Fresh · nightFri 23:00 · 49 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 70 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSat 02:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSat 03:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 04:00 · 47 Fresh · nightSat 05:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 17 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 14 GrimSat 08:00 · 11 GrimSat 09:00 · 7 GrimSat 10:00 · 4 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 · 0 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 0 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 0 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 1 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 4 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 7 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 13 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 14 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 11 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 7 GrimSun 09:00 · 12 GrimSun 10:00 · 1 GrimSun 11:00 · 0 GrimSun 12:00 · 0 GrimSun 13:00 · 0 GrimSun 14:00 · 2 GrimSun 15:00 · 5 GrimSun 16:00 · 8 GrimSun 17:00 · 11 GrimSun 18:00 · 14 GrimSun 19:00 · 13 GrimSun 20:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 7 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 4 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 10 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 9 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 12 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 15 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 18 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 21 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 24 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 27 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 26 GrimMon 09:00 · 22 GrimMon 10:00 · 19 GrimMon 11:00 · 16 GrimMon 12:00 · 12 GrimMon 13:00 · 9 GrimMon 14:00 · 10 GrimMon 15:00 · 13 GrimMon 16:00 · 16 GrimMon 17:00 · 19 GrimMon 18:00 · 9 GrimMon 19:00 · 12 GrimMon 22:00 · 16 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 8 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 10 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 28 BlowyTue 13:00 · 5 GrimTue 16:00 · 5 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 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 18:00

51 Fresh
  • overhead 1.7 m
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • rain
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.7 m33 km/h
faces 143° SE · wind cross
Waves
1.7 m @ 7 s from SSE
Wind
33 km/h SSW · gusts 45
Tide
3.7 m · upper half
Air
15°C · 1.3 mm rain

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
18:0051 Fresh1.7 m7 sSSE33 km/h SSW453.7 m 1.3 mm15°overhead 1.7 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
19:0065 Decent1.6 m7 sSSE28 km/h SW392.9 m dry15°overhead 1.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
20:0051 Fresh1.4 m7 sSSE31 km/h SW352.1 m dry15°chest-high 1.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
21:0048 Fresh1.3 m7 sSSE26 km/h WSW361.4 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
22:0046 Fresh1.2 m7 sSSE26 km/h W361.2 m ▼dry12°chest-high 1.2 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
23:0049 Fresh1.1 m7 sSSE21 km/h W341.4 m ▼dry11°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0070 Decent1.0 m7 sSSE21 km/h W322.0 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
01:0030 Blowy0.9 m7 sSSE21 km/h W312.8 m dry10°waist-high 0.9 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
02:0041 Blowy0.8 m7 sSSE16 km/h W303.5 m dry9°waist-high 0.8 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
03:0054 Fresh0.7 m7 sSSE17 km/h W284.0 m dry9°waist-high 0.7 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
04:0047 Fresh0.6 m7 sSSE15 km/h W264.3 m ▲dry8°waist-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
05:0021 Grim0.6 m7 sSSE13 km/h W234.3 m ▲dry9°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
06:0017 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE14 km/h WSW214.0 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
07:0014 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE14 km/h WSW203.4 m dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
08:0011 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE14 km/h WSW202.6 m dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
09:007 Grim0.3 m6 sSSE13 km/h WSW202.0 m dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
10:004 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE11 km/h W211.6 m ▼dry9°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE13 km/h WSW211.6 m ▼dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
12:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE10 km/h WSW202.0 m dry11°flat
13:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE6 km/h SSW192.6 m dry12°flat
14:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE6 km/h S193.2 m dry13°flat
15:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h SSW203.8 m dry14°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SW204.2 m ▲dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h SW214.3 m ▲dry15°flat
18:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE11 km/h SW224.2 m ▲dry15°flat
19:005 Grim0.3 m3 sSSE12 km/h SSW213.8 m dry14°flat
20:000 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE17 km/h S233.1 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, onshore wind, high-ish tide
21:000 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE22 km/h S252.3 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, onshore wind, low-ish tide
22:000 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE22 km/h SSW281.8 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
23:000 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE28 km/h SW321.5 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
Sunday, 4 October
00:000 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE29 km/h SW331.6 m ▼dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
01:001 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE25 km/h SW331.9 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
02:004 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE21 km/h SW322.5 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
03:007 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE22 km/h SW323.1 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
04:0010 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE23 km/h SW323.6 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
05:0013 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE23 km/h SW314.0 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
06:0014 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE21 km/h SW304.1 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
07:0011 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE22 km/h SW304.0 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
08:007 Grim0.4 m3 sSSE22 km/h SW313.5 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
09:0012 Grim0.5 m3 sSSE17 km/h WSW312.9 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
10:001 Grim0.5 m3 sSSE20 km/h SSW312.3 m dry13°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
11:000 Grim0.5 m3 sS23 km/h SW311.9 m ▼dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
12:000 Grim0.5 m3 sS21 km/h SW311.9 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
13:000 Grim0.5 m4 sS19 km/h SW322.0 m dry16°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
14:002 Grim0.5 m4 sS24 km/h SW402.5 m dry16°knee-high 0.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
15:005 Grim0.6 m4 sS24 km/h SW403.0 m dry17°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
16:008 Grim0.6 m4 sS24 km/h SW403.5 m dry17°knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
17:0011 Grim0.6 m4 sS23 km/h SW374.0 m dry17°knee-high 0.6 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 NE and W reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Port Oriel, 21 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
143° SE
Swell window
NE 50° → W 260°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2.2 km out
Water
Excellent Quality · Blue Flag

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

Lifeguard: YesToiletsParkingAccessible: Wheelchair AccessDogs on lead (During the blue flag season dogs are not allowed on the beach between 11am and 6pm)

As listed by Louth County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Hot Box Sauna (Carlingford) · Carlingford Marina, Carlingford Lough · 8 km · fixed

The Wood Fired Sauna (Skerries) · Skerries, Co. Dublin · 44 km · fixed

Templetown beach is a large open gently sloping beach consisting of sand and shingle and facing to the south. The bathing water is located in an area that is backing onto sandy dunes. Templetown beach consists of sand dunes which support a variety of plant species. There is a variety of wildlife located including limpets and crabs. The bathing area is approximately 0.2Km in length however the beach extends beyond the designated bathing area to the west and the east. The beach is gently sloping into the sea.

Put Shelling Hill/Templetown in your calendar

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🏄 Shelling Hill/Templetown surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.6 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · overhead 1.5 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Shelling Hill/Templetown surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.4 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 Shelling Hill/Templetown surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.6 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · knee-high 0.6 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide

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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.