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St Helens Bay

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11
Grim · waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy
Waves
0.8 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 0.9 km out
Sea
16.9°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 66 km away.
Tide
1.2 m
Falling, nearly low. Low at 15:50.
Wind
36 km/h
Fresh breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 61
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:02. Air 16°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours
Today
14:00
Fresh 48/100
chest-high 0.9 m, cross-shore wind · 0.9 m · 37 km/h
▼ 03:20 ▲ 10:00 ▼ 15:50 ▲ 22:15
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Blowy 33/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind · 0.4 m · 5 km/h
▼ 04:10 ▲ 10:45 ▼ 16:40 ▲ 22:45
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 17 km/h
▼ 04:45 ▲ 11:45 ▼ 17:35 ▲ 23:40
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 27 km/h
▼ 05:55 ▲ 13:25 ▼ 19:10
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 16 km/h
▲ 02:30 ▼ 07:35 ▲ 15:20 ▼ 21:15
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Blowy 28/100
waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind · 0.8 m · 23 km/h
▲ 03:50 ▼ 09:00 ▲ 16:30 ▼ 22:20
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 16 km/h
▲ 04:55 ▼ 10:15 ▲ 17:35 ▼ 23:10

Week at a glance

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Fri 13:0011 · Grimwaist-high 0.8 m · short period 6 s, choppy
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 12:00 · 11 GrimFri 13:00 · 11 GrimFri 14:00 · 48 FreshFri 15:00 · 48 FreshFri 16:00 · 48 FreshFri 17:00 · 48 FreshFri 18:00 · 48 FreshFri 19:00 · 43 BlowyFri 20:00 · 43 Blowy · nightFri 21:00 · 58 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 58 Fresh · nightFri 23:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSat 00:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSat 01:00 · 46 Fresh · nightSat 02:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 03:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 05:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 06:00 · 33 Blowy · nightSat 07:00 · 33 BlowySat 08:00 · 33 BlowySat 09:00 · 33 BlowySat 10:00 · 23 GrimSat 11:00 · 23 GrimSat 12:00 · 23 GrimSat 13:00 · 21 GrimSat 14:00 · 23 GrimSat 15:00 · 23 GrimSat 16:00 · 23 GrimSat 17:00 · 5 GrimSat 18:00 · 5 GrimSat 19:00 · 5 GrimSat 20:00 · 5 Grim · nightSat 21:00 · 5 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 08:00 · 5 GrimMon 09:00 · 5 GrimMon 10:00 · 5 GrimMon 11:00 · 5 GrimMon 12:00 · 5 GrimMon 13:00 · 5 GrimMon 14:00 · 5 GrimMon 15:00 · 5 GrimMon 16:00 · 5 GrimMon 17:00 · 5 GrimMon 18:00 · 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 · 15 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 28 Blowy · nightWed 04:00 · 28 Blowy · nightWed 07:00 · 28 Blowy · nightWed 10:00 · 28 BlowyWed 13:00 · 28 BlowyWed 16:00 · 28 BlowyWed 19:00 · 15 GrimWed 22:00 · 33 Blowy · nightThu 01:00 · 33 Blowy · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 13:00

11 Grim
  • waist-high 0.8 m
  • short period 6 s, choppy
  • cross-shore wind
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.8 m36 km/h
faces 89° E · wind cross
Waves
0.8 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
36 km/h SSW · gusts 61
Tide
1.3 m · lower half
Air
16°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
13:0011 Grim0.8 m6 sSSE36 km/h SSW611.3 m dry16°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
14:0048 Fresh0.9 m6 sSSE37 km/h SSW630.9 m dry17°chest-high 0.9 m, cross-shore wind
15:0048 Fresh1.0 m6 sSSE38 km/h SSW630.7 m ▼dry17°chest-high 1.0 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
16:0048 Fresh1.0 m7 sSSE37 km/h SSW620.6 m ▼dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
17:0048 Fresh1.0 m7 sSSE38 km/h SSW620.7 m ▼dry17°chest-high 1.0 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
18:0048 Fresh1.0 m7 sSSE38 km/h SSW610.9 m 0.2 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, cross-shore wind
19:0043 Blowy0.9 m7 sSSE35 km/h SSW611.1 m 1.0 mm16°chest-high 0.9 m, cross-shore wind, rain
20:0043 Blowy0.9 m7 sSSE36 km/h SSW611.3 m 1.2 mm16°chest-high 0.9 m, cross-shore wind, rain
21:0058 Fresh0.9 m7 sSSE30 km/h SW531.5 m ▲0.6 mm16°waist-high 0.9 m, offshore wind, high tide
22:0058 Fresh0.8 m7 sSSE18 km/h WNW381.6 m ▲dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, high tide
23:0058 Fresh0.8 m6 sSSE13 km/h WNW291.6 m ▲dry13°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, high tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0046 Fresh0.7 m6 sSSE10 km/h W241.5 m dry11°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
01:0046 Fresh0.6 m6 sSSE7 km/h SW211.3 m dry10°waist-high 0.6 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
02:0033 Blowy0.6 m6 sSSE8 km/h WSW191.0 m dry9°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind
03:0033 Blowy0.6 m6 sSSE8 km/h W180.7 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low tide
04:0033 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE7 km/h W180.6 m ▼dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low tide
05:0033 Blowy0.5 m5 sSSE5 km/h W160.7 m ▼dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low tide
06:0033 Blowy0.5 m5 sSSE6 km/h W140.9 m dry8°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind
07:0033 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE5 km/h W131.1 m dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
08:0033 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE3 km/h W121.4 m dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
09:0033 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE5 km/h WNW121.6 m dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
10:0023 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE4 km/h NW121.7 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
11:0023 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE1 km/h NW111.7 m ▲dry13°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
12:0023 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE1 km/h SE111.7 m dry14°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high tide
13:0021 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE6 km/h ESE121.5 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore
14:0023 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE9 km/h SSE151.2 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
15:0023 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE11 km/h SSE171.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
16:0023 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE10 km/h S180.8 m ▼dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, low tide
17:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h SSW180.7 m ▼dry14°flat
18:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h SSW170.8 m dry14°flat
19:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h S161.0 m dry13°flat
20:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE6 km/h S151.2 m dry12°flat
21:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE5 km/h SW161.3 m dry11°flat
22:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE7 km/h SSW171.4 m ▲dry11°flat
23:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSW181.5 m ▲dry11°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE8 km/h SSW191.5 m dry11°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSW201.4 m dry11°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSW211.2 m dry11°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE10 km/h SSW230.9 m dry11°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE11 km/h SSW250.8 m ▼dry12°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE12 km/h SSW270.7 m ▼dry13°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSSE16 km/h SSW280.8 m ▼dry14°flat
07:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE20 km/h SSW301.0 m dry15°flat
08:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE17 km/h SW311.2 m dry15°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE13 km/h SW321.4 m dry16°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h WSW341.5 m dry16°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h WSW351.6 m ▲dry16°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW361.7 m ▲dry16°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Rosslare, 3 km away · metres above chart datum
03:2010:0015:5022:15
Low 03:20 · 0.5 mHigh 10:00 · 1.8 mLow 15:50 · 0.6 mHigh 22:15 · 1.6 m

The spot

Faces
89° E
Swell window
NNW 340° → WSW 250°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 0.9 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 Wexford County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

SoulFire · Carne Beach · 4 km · fixed

Helios Sauna (Wexford) · Rosslare Strand · 6 km · fixed

The Sweaty Horsebox Sauna · Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe · 19 km · mobile

Saltee Sauna · Kilmore Quay beach · 19 km · fixed

St Helens Bay Beach is a secluded beach in a sheltered bay south of Rosslare Euro Port. Car parking is available beside the beach.

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🏄 St Helens Bay surf · Fresh · sea 17° · 0.9 mFri, 2 Oct 13:30–14:30 · chest-high 0.9 m, cross-shore wind
🏄 St Helens Bay surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.4 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind
🏄 St Helens Bay surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat

Nearby spots

Rosslare Harbour

2 km · Co. Wexford · Not classified

Carne

4 km · Co. Wexford · Excellent Quality

Lady's Island Lake

6 km · Co. Wexford · Not classified

Rosslare Strand

6 km · Co. Wexford · Excellent Quality

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