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Silverstrand Beach

Excellent Quality 2025 Blue Flag Green Coast faces SSW

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27
Grim · knee-high 0.5 m, period 11 s
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
4.3 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 surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 02:55 ▲ 09:30 ▼ 15:30 ▲ 22:05
Sat, 3 Oct
09:00
Blowy 35/100
knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, offshore wind · 0.3 m · 5 km/h
▼ 03:55 ▲ 10:20 ▼ 16:35 ▲ 23:15
Sun, 4 Oct
11:00
Grim 19/100
waist-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 0.6 m · 30 km/h
▼ 05:00 ▲ 11:50 ▼ 18:10
Mon, 5 Oct
15:00
Blowy 41/100
waist-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.6 m · 24 km/h
▲ 00:50 ▼ 06:50 ▲ 13:20 ▼ 19:55
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 24/100
knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, offshore wind · 0.3 m · 18 km/h
▲ 02:10 ▼ 08:25 ▲ 14:35 ▼ 21:05
Wed, 7 Oct
16:00
Grim 20/100
knee-high 0.3 m, period 9 s, cross-shore wind · 0.3 m · 21 km/h
▲ 03:20 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:35 ▼ 21:50
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 10 km/h
▲ 04:05 ▼ 10:05 ▲ 16:15 ▼ 22:30

Week at a glance

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Fri 22:0029 · Blowyknee-high 0.5 m · period 11 s
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 20:00 · 48 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 26 Grim · nightFri 22:00 · 29 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 26 Grim · nightSat 00:00 · 32 Blowy · nightSat 01:00 · 19 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 16 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 12 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 9 Grim · nightSat 05:00 · 22 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 15 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSat 08:00 · 32 BlowySat 09:00 · 35 BlowySat 10:00 · 26 GrimSat 11:00 · 25 GrimSat 12:00 · 22 GrimSat 13:00 · 18 GrimSat 14:00 · 15 GrimSat 15:00 · 14 GrimSat 16:00 · 11 GrimSat 17:00 · 10 GrimSat 18:00 · 13 GrimSat 19:00 · 14 GrimSat 20:00 · 17 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 20 Grim · nightSat 22:00 · 9 Grim · nightSat 23:00 · 12 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 10 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 7 Grim · nightSun 02:00 · 3 Grim · nightSun 03:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 05:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 06:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightSun 08:00 · 0 GrimSun 09:00 · 5 GrimSun 10:00 · 16 GrimSun 11:00 · 19 GrimSun 12:00 · 2 GrimSun 13:00 · 0 GrimSun 14:00 · 0 GrimSun 15:00 · 0 GrimSun 16:00 · 0 GrimSun 17:00 · 0 GrimSun 18:00 · 0 GrimSun 19:00 · 4 GrimSun 20:00 · 24 Grim · nightSun 21:00 · 27 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 30 Blowy · nightSun 23:00 · 33 Blowy · nightMon 00:00 · 36 Blowy · nightMon 01:00 · 37 Blowy · nightMon 02:00 · 34 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 31 Blowy · nightMon 04:00 · 27 Grim · nightMon 05:00 · 24 Grim · nightMon 06:00 · 21 Grim · nightMon 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightMon 08:00 · 0 GrimMon 09:00 · 0 GrimMon 10:00 · 18 GrimMon 11:00 · 21 GrimMon 12:00 · 24 GrimMon 13:00 · 27 GrimMon 14:00 · 26 GrimMon 15:00 · 41 BlowyMon 16:00 · 13 GrimMon 17:00 · 2 GrimMon 18:00 · 0 GrimMon 19:00 · 0 GrimMon 22:00 · 16 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 9 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 7 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 14 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 24 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 16:00 · 20 GrimWed 19:00 · 18 GrimWed 22:00 · 10 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 19 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 22:00

29 Blowy
  • knee-high 0.5 m
  • period 11 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • high-ish 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
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
21:0026 Grim0.6 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW11 km/h WNW274.1 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.6 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
22:0029 Blowy0.5 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW8 km/h WNW244.4 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.5 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
23:0026 Grim0.5 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW5 km/h NW214.2 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.5 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0032 Blowy0.5 m (0.2 swell)11 sWSW8 km/h NNW193.7 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
01:0019 Grim0.5 m (0.2 swell)10 sWSW8 km/h NW183.0 m dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0016 Grim0.4 m10 sWSW9 km/h WNW182.5 m dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0012 Grim0.4 m10 sWSW9 km/h WNW182.0 m ▼dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:009 Grim0.4 m10 sWSW5 km/h NW171.8 m ▼dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0022 Grim0.4 m10 sWSW4 km/h NNW172.0 m ▼dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
06:0015 Grim0.4 m10 sWSW7 km/h NW172.5 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0029 Blowy0.4 m10 sWSW8 km/h NW153.0 m dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
08:0032 Blowy0.3 m10 sWSW5 km/h NNW143.4 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
09:0035 Blowy0.3 m10 sWSW5 km/h NNW143.9 m dry12°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
10:0026 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW10 km/h SSW154.3 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
11:0025 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW11 km/h SSW194.3 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
12:0022 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW11 km/h SSW223.9 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
13:0018 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW11 km/h SW233.4 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, light onshore
14:0015 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW13 km/h SW232.8 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, light onshore
15:0014 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW15 km/h WSW242.3 m dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0011 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW14 km/h WSW241.9 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0010 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW13 km/h WSW231.8 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0013 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW12 km/h WSW222.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
19:0014 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW9 km/h WSW182.4 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
20:0017 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW8 km/h SW172.8 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
21:0020 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW8 km/h S183.3 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, light onshore
22:009 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW17 km/h S233.8 m ▲dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
23:0012 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW17 km/h S284.0 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0010 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW17 km/h S314.0 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
01:007 Grim0.3 m10 sWSW22 km/h S323.7 m dry13°knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
02:003 Grim0.4 m10 sWSW24 km/h SSW353.2 m dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
03:000 Grim0.5 m10 sWSW21 km/h SSW362.8 m dry14°knee-high 0.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
04:000 Grim0.5 m10 sWSW26 km/h SW382.4 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.5 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
05:000 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW28 km/h SW392.2 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
06:000 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW29 km/h SW402.3 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
07:000 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW28 km/h SW412.5 m 0.1 mm15°knee-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
08:000 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW29 km/h SW432.8 m dry16°knee-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
09:005 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW28 km/h SW443.2 m dry16°knee-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
10:0016 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW31 km/h SW453.7 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
11:0019 Grim0.6 m10 sWSW30 km/h SW474.0 m ▲0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
12:002 Grim0.7 m4 sWSW33 km/h SW484.1 m ▲0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
13:000 Grim0.7 m4 sSW30 km/h SW493.9 m ▲0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
14:000 Grim0.8 m4 sSW37 km/h SW503.6 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
15:000 Grim0.8 m4 sSW39 km/h SW503.1 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
16:000 Grim0.8 m4 sSW38 km/h SW492.6 m 0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
17:000 Grim0.8 m4 sSW35 km/h SW482.2 m ▼0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
18:000 Grim0.7 m4 sWSW33 km/h SW481.9 m ▼0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 4 s, choppy, onshore wind
19:004 Grim0.7 m10 sWSW31 km/h SW462.0 m ▼0.1 mm15°waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
20:0024 Grim0.7 m10 sWSW26 km/h SW372.1 m 0.1 mm16°waist-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind

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.

Put Silverstrand Beach in your calendar

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🏄 Silverstrand Beach surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 08:30–09:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, period 10 s, offshore wind
🏄 Silverstrand Beach surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.6 mSun, 4 Oct 10:30–11:30 · waist-high 0.6 m, period 10 s, onshore wind

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.