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Silver Strand, Sherkin Island

Green Coast faces SSW Monitored, not designated

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Surf score now
25
Grim · knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind
Waves
0.5 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 2.9 km out
Sea
15.4°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 83 km away.
Tide
1.6 m
Falling, nearly low. Low at 04:05.
Wind
6 km/h
Light breeze, NE, offshore, gusts 9
Daylight
07:41
Sunrise. Sunset 19:12. Air 9°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
17:00
Grim 23/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide · 0.3 m · 15 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:15 ▼ 17:05 ▲ 22:55
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 20 km/h
▼ 05:30 ▲ 11:35 ▼ 18:25
Mon, 5 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 21 km/h
▲ 00:15 ▼ 07:10 ▲ 13:15 ▼ 19:55
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 12 km/h
▲ 01:50 ▼ 08:30 ▲ 14:30 ▼ 21:00
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.1 m · 12 km/h
▲ 02:55 ▼ 09:30 ▲ 15:35 ▼ 22:00
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 19 km/h
▲ 03:50 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 16:15 ▼ 22:50
Fri, 9 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 34 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 11:05 ▲ 17:00 ▼ 23:35

Week at a glance

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Sat 02:0026 · Grimknee-high 0.5 m · offshore wind
Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 90003060912151821Sat 00:00 · 20 Grim · nightSat 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 26 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 17 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 14 Grim · nightSat 08:00 · 20 GrimSat 09:00 · 7 GrimSat 10:00 · 4 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 8 GrimSat 13:00 · 11 GrimSat 14:00 · 14 GrimSat 15:00 · 17 GrimSat 16:00 · 20 GrimSat 17:00 · 23 GrimSat 18:00 · 20 GrimSat 19:00 · 16 GrimSat 20:00 · 11 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 10 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 · 5 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 03:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightMon 10:00 · 5 GrimMon 13:00 · 5 GrimMon 16:00 · 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 · 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 19:00 · 5 GrimThu 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 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, 02:00

26 Grim
  • knee-high 0.5 m
  • offshore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.5 m6 km/h
faces 192° SSW · wind offshore
Waves
0.5 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
6 km/h NE · gusts 9
Tide
1.5 m · lower half
Air
9°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
01:0023 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE7 km/h NNE111.9 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0026 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE6 km/h NE91.5 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
03:0030 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE6 km/h NE91.2 m ▼dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0033 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE9 km/h NNE91.0 m ▼dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0030 Blowy0.5 m5 sSSE8 km/h NE101.0 m ▼dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
06:0017 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE5 km/h E111.3 m dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
07:0014 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE13 km/h SE131.8 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
08:0020 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h NNE142.3 m dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
09:007 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h ENE142.8 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
10:004 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h ENE153.1 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
11:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE10 km/h E183.0 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
12:008 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h ESE212.7 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
13:0011 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE16 km/h SE222.3 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
14:0014 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE16 km/h SE221.8 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
15:0017 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h SE211.4 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
16:0020 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE16 km/h SE211.2 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
17:0023 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE15 km/h SE201.1 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
18:0020 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE17 km/h SE191.1 m ▼dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
19:0016 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE16 km/h SE191.4 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
20:0011 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE14 km/h SE191.9 m dry16°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
21:0010 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE9 km/h SE192.4 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
22:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h SSW202.8 m ▲dry15°flat
23:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h WSW212.9 m ▲dry14°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h SSW212.8 m ▲dry14°flat
01:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h SSW222.5 m dry15°flat
02:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSW242.1 m dry15°flat
03:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE13 km/h SSW251.7 m dry16°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE17 km/h SW261.4 m dry16°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW261.2 m ▼dry16°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW271.1 m ▼dry16°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW291.3 m dry16°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW281.6 m dry16°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE20 km/h SW282.1 m dry16°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW292.6 m dry16°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW302.9 m ▲dry16°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW312.9 m ▲dry16°flat
13:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW322.8 m dry16°flat
14:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE22 km/h SW322.4 m dry16°flat
15:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW332.0 m dry16°flat
16:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE22 km/h WSW331.7 m dry16°flat
17:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE21 km/h WSW321.4 m dry16°flat
18:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE21 km/h WSW321.2 m ▼dry16°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h WSW301.1 m ▼dry16°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h WSW291.3 m dry16°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE20 km/h WSW281.7 m dry16°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE20 km/h WSW282.2 m dry16°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE21 km/h WSW282.6 m dry16°flat
Monday, 5 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE21 km/h WSW292.8 m ▲dry16°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Union Hall, 22 km away · metres above chart datum
04:0510:1517:0522:55
Low 04:05 · 1.0 mHigh 10:15 · 3.1 mLow 17:05 · 1.1 mHigh 22:55 · 2.9 m

The spot

Faces
192° SSW
Swell window
E 100° → W 260°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 2.9 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 listedNo toiletsNo parking listedDogs on lead

As listed by Cork County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Betterdayz Sauna · Warren Beach, Rosscarbery · 30 km · mobile

West Cork Sauna (The Balmy Barrel) · Red Strand, Clonakilty (rotating) · 35 km · mobile

Nothing closer that we know of. All saunas.

Silver Strand is a gently sloping sandy beach open to the south west.

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🏄 Silver Strand, Sherkin Island surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 16:30–17:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
🏄 Silver Strand, Sherkin Island surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat
🏄 Silver Strand, Sherkin Island surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.2 mMon, 5 Oct 09:30–10:30 · flat

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Loch Ioral

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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.