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Silver Strand Louisburgh

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31
Blowy · chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s
Waves
1.1 m
11 s period from WNW · model cell 1.9 km out
Sea
15.4°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 274 km away.
Tide
1.6 m
Rising. High at 22:10.
Wind
30 km/h
Fresh breeze, W, onshore, gusts 41
Daylight
07:42
Sunrise. Sunset 19:15. Air 13°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
19:00
Blowy 36/100
chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind · 1.1 m · 31 km/h
▼ 03:25 ▲ 09:35 ▼ 16:05 ▲ 22:10
Sat, 3 Oct
11:00
Fresh 53/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 16 km/h
▼ 04:25 ▲ 10:35 ▼ 17:05 ▲ 23:30
Sun, 4 Oct
12:00
Fresh 46/100
waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.9 m · 24 km/h
▼ 05:30 ▲ 11:50 ▼ 18:40
Mon, 5 Oct
13:00
Fresh 61/100
chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 0.9 m · 19 km/h
▲ 01:00 ▼ 07:05 ▲ 13:35 ▼ 20:15
Tue, 6 Oct
13:00
Fresh 48/100
waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.7 m · 18 km/h
▲ 02:40 ▼ 08:35 ▲ 14:50 ▼ 21:20
Wed, 7 Oct
13:00
Blowy 29/100
waist-high 0.7 m, period 9 s, onshore wind · 0.7 m · 21 km/h
▲ 03:45 ▼ 09:45 ▲ 15:45 ▼ 22:15
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 20 km/h
▲ 04:35 ▼ 10:40 ▲ 16:45 ▼ 23:00

Week at a glance

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Fri 18:0032 · Blowychest-high 1.1 m · period 11 s
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 11:00 · 45 FreshFri 12:00 · 62 DecentFri 13:00 · 60 FreshFri 14:00 · 49 FreshFri 15:00 · 46 FreshFri 16:00 · 43 BlowyFri 17:00 · 29 BlowyFri 18:00 · 32 BlowyFri 19:00 · 36 BlowyFri 20:00 · 39 Blowy · nightFri 21:00 · 59 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 62 Decent · nightFri 23:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 57 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightSat 02:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSat 05:00 · 20 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 39 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSat 08:00 · 46 FreshSat 09:00 · 49 FreshSat 10:00 · 52 FreshSat 11:00 · 53 FreshSat 12:00 · 50 FreshSat 13:00 · 47 FreshSat 14:00 · 35 BlowySat 15:00 · 32 BlowySat 16:00 · 29 BlowySat 17:00 · 26 GrimSat 18:00 · 29 BlowySat 19:00 · 32 BlowySat 20:00 · 35 Blowy · nightSat 21:00 · 38 Blowy · nightSat 22:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSat 23:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 00:00 · 44 Blowy · nightSun 01:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSun 02:00 · 38 Blowy · nightSun 03:00 · 34 Blowy · nightSun 04:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSun 05:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 06:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 07:00 · 31 Blowy · nightSun 08:00 · 34 BlowySun 09:00 · 37 BlowySun 10:00 · 40 BlowySun 11:00 · 43 BlowySun 12:00 · 46 FreshSun 13:00 · 43 BlowySun 14:00 · 40 BlowySun 15:00 · 37 BlowySun 16:00 · 34 BlowySun 17:00 · 31 BlowySun 18:00 · 28 BlowySun 19:00 · 27 GrimSun 20:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSun 21:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSun 22:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSun 23:00 · 40 Blowy · nightMon 00:00 · 60 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 63 Decent · nightMon 02:00 · 68 Decent · nightMon 03:00 · 56 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 36 Blowy · nightMon 05:00 · 50 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 47 Fresh · nightMon 07:00 · 43 Blowy · nightMon 10:00 · 52 FreshMon 13:00 · 61 FreshMon 16:00 · 39 BlowyMon 19:00 · 22 GrimMon 22:00 · 64 Decent · nightTue 01:00 · 74 Decent · nightTue 04:00 · 49 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 23 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 31 BlowyTue 13:00 · 48 FreshTue 16:00 · 42 BlowyTue 19:00 · 41 BlowyTue 22:00 · 36 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 20 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 45 Fresh · nightWed 07:00 · 35 Blowy · nightWed 10:00 · 19 GrimWed 13:00 · 29 BlowyWed 19:00 · 28 BlowyThu 01:00 · 52 Fresh · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 18:00

32 Blowy
  • chest-high 1.1 m
  • period 11 s
  • onshore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • onshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.1 m30 km/h
faces 283° WNW · wind onshore
Waves
1.1 m @ 11 s from WNW
Wind
30 km/h W · gusts 41
Tide
1.7 m · lower half
Air
13°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
17:0029 Blowy1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW29 km/h WNW431.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
18:0032 Blowy1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW30 km/h W411.7 m dry13°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
19:0036 Blowy1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW31 km/h W402.3 m dry13°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
20:0039 Blowy1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWNW30 km/h W383.0 m dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
21:0059 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWNW27 km/h WNW363.5 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
22:0062 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)11 sWNW24 km/h W333.8 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
23:0060 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)11 sWNW22 km/h W293.7 m ▲dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0057 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)11 sWNW22 km/h W263.4 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
01:0054 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)11 sWNW16 km/h WSW242.9 m dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
02:0067 Decent0.9 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW12 km/h SSW242.3 m dry12°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0064 Decent0.9 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW15 km/h SW231.7 m dry13°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0058 Fresh0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h SW231.5 m ▼dry13°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, light onshore
05:0020 Grim0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW15 km/h WSW221.5 m ▼dry13°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
06:0039 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SSW201.8 m dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0052 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW10 km/h SSE182.3 m dry11°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
08:0046 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW11 km/h S172.9 m dry11°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0049 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW12 km/h S173.4 m dry12°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0052 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h S193.8 m ▲dry13°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0053 Fresh0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW16 km/h SSW253.8 m ▲dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0050 Fresh0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SSW293.6 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0047 Fresh0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h SSW323.2 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
14:0035 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW20 km/h SSW362.6 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
15:0032 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SSW392.0 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0029 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SSW411.6 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0026 Grim0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW411.4 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0029 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SSW401.4 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
19:0032 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h S391.7 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
20:0035 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SSW402.2 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
21:0038 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h S412.7 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
22:0041 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h S423.2 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
23:0044 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h S443.5 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0044 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW453.5 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0041 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SSW463.3 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0038 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW472.9 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0034 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW27 km/h SSW472.5 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0031 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h SSW472.0 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0028 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW30 km/h SSW471.8 m ▼0.2 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0028 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW471.7 m ▼0.2 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0031 Blowy0.8 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW451.9 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0034 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SW422.2 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0037 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SW422.7 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0040 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SW423.2 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0043 Blowy0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SW433.5 m ▲0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0046 Fresh0.9 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SW443.7 m ▲0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0043 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW26 km/h SW453.6 m ▲0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
14:0040 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SW453.2 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
15:0037 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SW452.8 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0034 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWNW22 km/h SW442.2 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Killary Harbour (modelled), 2 km away · metres above chart datum
03:2509:3516:0522:10
Low 03:25 · 1.1 mHigh 09:35 · 4.1 mLow 16:05 · 1.1 mHigh 22:10 · 3.8 m

The spot

Faces
283° WNW
Swell window
SW 220° → N 350°
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.

· beaches.ie

On the ground

No lifeguard listedToiletsParkingNo dogs (Dogs not allowed on beach during the bathing season (1st June to 15th September) between the hours of 12pm and 6.30pm)

As listed by Mayo County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Big Dipper Sauna · Carrowniskey Beach, BigStyle Atlantic Lodge, Louisburgh · 6 km · fixed

Sweathouse (Renvyle) · Gurteen Pier, Renvyle, Connemara, Co. Galway · 8 km · fixed

The Wild Atlantic Sauna (Slainte Saunas) · Old Head Beach, Louisburgh · 16 km · fixed

Cois Tra Rugged Retreat · Connemara Sands Hotel, Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely, Co. Galway · 27 km · fixed

Silver Strand beach is located approximately 21km south of Louisburgh town. It is a large sandy beach with a gentle slope approximately 400m in length and situated in a sheltered inlet to the west of the foothills of Mweelrea Mountains. Silver Strand beach forms part of the Mweelrea/Sheefry/Erriff Complex Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA). The site was selected for the wise range of habitats it supports including blanket bog, lagoons, machair, decalcified dunes and springs which are all priority habitats under Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive. It also supports populations of rare and threatened plant species. Activities include walking, fishing, swimming and windsurfing.

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🏄 Silver Strand Louisburgh surf · Blowy · sea 15° · 1.1 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
🏄 Silver Strand Louisburgh surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 0.8 mSat, 3 Oct 10:30–11:30 · waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Silver Strand Louisburgh surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 0.9 mSun, 4 Oct 11:30–12:30 · waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

Nearby spots

Dooaghtry Lough

2 km · Co. Mayo · Not classified

Dooghtry Lough

2 km · Co. Mayo · Not classified

Tallaghbawn (White Strand) Louisburgh

3 km · Co. Mayo · Not classified

Glassilaun, Killary

4 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

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