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Silverstrand Beach

Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag Green Coast faces SSW

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91
Grand · light winds, dry
Waves
0.5 m
11 s period from WSW · model cell 1.6 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 239 km away.
Tide
4.4 m
High tide. High at 22:05.
Wind
8 km/h
Light breeze, WNW, cross, gusts 24
Daylight
07:39
Sunrise. Sunset 19:12. Air 11°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 02:55 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 15:30 ▲ 22:05
Sat, 3 Oct
10:00
Grand 100/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.3 m · 10 km/h
▼ 03:55 ▲ 10:20 ▼ 16:35 ▲ 23:15
Sun, 4 Oct
09:00
Decent 72/100
moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry · 0.6 m · 28 km/h
▼ 05:00 ▲ 11:50 ▼ 18:10
Mon, 5 Oct
11:00
Decent 78/100
moderate breeze, dry, small waves 0.7 m · 0.7 m · 27 km/h
▲ 00:50 ▼ 06:50 ▲ 13:20 ▼ 19:55
Tue, 6 Oct
16:00
Grand 94/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.3 m · 16 km/h
▲ 02:10 ▼ 08:25 ▲ 14:35 ▼ 21:05
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grand 97/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 9 km/h
▲ 03:20 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:35 ▼ 21:50
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grand 100/100
light winds, dry · 10 km/h
▲ 04:05 ▼ 10:05 ▲ 16:15 ▼ 22:30

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 22:0091 · Grandlight winds · dry
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 20:00 · 85 Grand · nightFri 21:00 · 91 Grand · nightFri 22:00 · 91 Grand · nightFri 23:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 00:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 86 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 Grand · nightSat 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 · 94 GrandSat 15:00 · 94 GrandSat 16:00 · 94 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 · 94 Grand · nightSat 23:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 00:00 · 94 Grand · nightSun 01:00 · 78 Decent · nightSun 02:00 · 78 Decent · nightSun 03:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 04:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 05:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 06:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 08:00 · 56 FreshSun 09:00 · 72 DecentSun 10:00 · 56 FreshSun 11:00 · 56 FreshSun 12:00 · 56 FreshSun 13:00 · 56 FreshSun 14:00 · 56 FreshSun 15:00 · 44 BlowySun 16:00 · 44 BlowySun 17:00 · 44 BlowySun 18:00 · 56 FreshSun 19:00 · 56 FreshSun 20:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 21:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 22:00 · 72 Decent · nightSun 23:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 00:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 01:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 02:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 03:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 04:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 05:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 06:00 · 72 Decent · nightMon 07:00 · 56 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 56 FreshMon 09:00 · 56 FreshMon 10:00 · 62 DecentMon 11:00 · 78 DecentMon 12:00 · 78 DecentMon 13:00 · 78 DecentMon 14:00 · 78 DecentMon 15:00 · 78 DecentMon 16:00 · 78 DecentMon 17:00 · 72 DecentMon 18:00 · 72 DecentMon 19:00 · 72 DecentMon 22:00 · 80 Grand · nightTue 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightTue 04:00 · 80 Grand · nightTue 07:00 · 75 Decent · nightTue 10:00 · 83 GrandTue 13:00 · 86 GrandTue 16:00 · 94 GrandTue 19:00 · 91 GrandTue 22:00 · 91 Grand · nightWed 01:00 · 92 Grand · nightWed 04:00 · 92 Grand · nightWed 07:00 · 92 Grand · nightWed 10:00 · 97 GrandWed 13:00 · 94 GrandWed 16:00 · 84 GrandWed 19:00 · 91 GrandWed 22:00 · 97 Grand · nightThu 01:00 · 86 Grand · nightThu 07:00 · 92 Grand · nightThu 13:00 · 100 GrandThu 19:00 · 67 Decent

Fri, 2 Oct, 22:00

91 Grand
  • light winds
  • dry
  • small waves 0.5 m
  • sunny
  • high tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.5 m8 km/h
faces 192° SSW · wind cross
Waves
0.5 m @ 11 s from WSW
Wind
8 km/h WNW · gusts 24
Tide
4.4 m · high
Air
11°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
21:0091 Grand0.6 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW11 km/h WNW274.1 m ▲dry12°light winds, dry, small waves 0.6 m
22:0091 Grand0.5 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW8 km/h WNW244.4 m ▲dry11°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
23:0086 Grand0.5 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW5 km/h NW214.2 m ▲dry10°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
Saturday, 3 October
00:0086 Grand0.5 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW8 km/h NNW193.7 m dry9°light winds, dry, small waves 0.5 m
01:0086 Grand0.5 m (0.2 swell)10 sWSW8 km/h NW183.0 m dry9°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
02:0086 Grand0.4 m10 sWSW9 km/h WNW182.5 m dry10°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
03:0091 Grand0.4 m10 sWSW9 km/h WNW182.0 m ▼dry11°light winds, dry, small waves 0.4 m
04:0097 Grand0.4 m10 sWSW5 km/h NW171.8 m ▼dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:0097 Grand0.4 m10 sWSW4 km/h NNW172.0 m ▼dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
06:0097 Grand0.4 m10 sWSW7 km/h NW172.5 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
07:0097 Grand0.4 m10 sWSW8 km/h NW153.0 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
08:0097 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW5 km/h NNW143.4 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
09:0097 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW5 km/h NNW143.9 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
10:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW10 km/h SSW154.3 m ▲dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
11:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW11 km/h SSW194.3 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
12:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW11 km/h SSW223.9 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
13:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW11 km/h SW233.4 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
14:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW13 km/h SW232.8 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
15:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW15 km/h WSW242.3 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
16:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW14 km/h WSW241.9 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
17:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW13 km/h WSW231.8 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
18:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW12 km/h WSW222.0 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
19:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW9 km/h WSW182.4 m dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
20:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW8 km/h SW172.8 m dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
21:00100 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW8 km/h S183.3 m dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
22:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW17 km/h S233.8 m ▲dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
23:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW17 km/h S284.0 m ▲dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
Sunday, 4 October
00:0094 Grand0.3 m10 sWSW17 km/h S314.0 m ▲dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
01:0078 Decent0.3 m10 sWSW22 km/h S323.7 m dry13°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
02:0078 Decent0.4 m10 sWSW24 km/h SSW353.2 m dry13°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
03:0072 Decent0.5 m10 sWSW21 km/h SSW362.8 m dry14°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
04:0072 Decent0.5 m10 sWSW26 km/h SW382.4 m ▼dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
05:0072 Decent0.6 m10 sWSW28 km/h SW392.2 m ▼dry15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
06:0056 Fresh0.6 m10 sWSW29 km/h SW402.3 m ▼dry15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
07:0072 Decent0.6 m10 sWSW28 km/h SW412.5 m 0.1 mm15°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
08:0056 Fresh0.6 m10 sWSW29 km/h SW432.8 m dry16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
09:0072 Decent0.6 m10 sWSW28 km/h SW443.2 m dry16°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
10:0056 Fresh0.6 m10 sWSW31 km/h SW453.7 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
11:0056 Fresh0.6 m10 sWSW30 km/h SW474.0 m ▲0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
12:0056 Fresh0.7 m4 sWSW33 km/h SW484.1 m ▲0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
13:0056 Fresh0.7 m4 sSW30 km/h SW493.9 m ▲0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
14:0056 Fresh0.8 m4 sSW37 km/h SW503.6 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
15:0044 Blowy0.8 m4 sSW39 km/h SW503.1 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
16:0044 Blowy0.8 m4 sSW38 km/h SW492.6 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
17:0044 Blowy0.8 m4 sSW35 km/h SW482.2 m ▼0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
18:0056 Fresh0.7 m4 sWSW33 km/h SW481.9 m ▼0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
19:0056 Fresh0.7 m10 sWSW31 km/h SW462.0 m ▼0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
20:0072 Decent0.7 m10 sWSW26 km/h SW372.1 m 0.1 mm16°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry

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

Galway, 6 km away · metres above chart datum
02:5509:3015:3022:05
Low 02:55 · 1.4 mHigh 09:30 · 4.7 mLow 15:30 · 1.5 mHigh 22:05 · 4.4 m

The spot

Faces
192° SSW
Swell window
E 100° → W 260°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 1.6 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: Life Guard hut marked on beach map and is yellow & orange in colour, easily identifiableToiletsParkingAccessible: Access ramps availableNo dogs (Refer to beach code of conduct and dog control bye-laws 2008)

As listed by Galway City Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Power Saunas · Silverstrand beach, Barna · right here · fixed

Fad Saoil Saunas (Salthill) · Salthill promenade · 2 km · fixed

Sauna Fiain · Renville Pier, Oranmore · 11 km · fixed

Driftwood Sauna · Spiddal Pier, An Spideal · 12 km · fixed

Silverstrand Beach is a popular shallow, sandy beach bounded on one side by a cliff and the other by rocks. The beach is largely covered during high tides. It has a bathing area of approximately 0.25km.

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🌊 Silverstrand Beach dip · Grand · sea 17° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · light winds, dry, calm sea
🌊 Silverstrand Beach dip · Decent · sea 17° · 0.6 mSun, 4 Oct 08:30–09:30 · moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry

Nearby spots

Trá Saorphort (Bóithrín Mags), Bearna

1 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

Salthill Beach

2 km · Co. Galway · Excellent Quality

Loch Inse

4 km · Co. Galway · Not classified

Grattan Road Beach

4 km · Co. Galway · Sufficient Quality

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