The Dock Beach Kinsale
faces SSE Monitored, not designated
Surf score now
16
Grim · waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy
Waves
0.8 m
5 s period from SSE · model cell 3.8 km out
Sea
16.7°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 125 km away.
Tide
3.5 m
High tide. Low at 15:40.
Wind
33 km/h
Fresh breeze, SSW, cross, gusts 52
Daylight
07:35
Sunrise. Sunset 19:11. Air 16°C.
Best surf each day
Daylight hoursToday
19:00
Fresh 46/100
waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind · 0.8 m · 14 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:25 ▼ 15:40 ▲ 21:45
Sat, 3 Oct
08:00
Blowy 33/100
knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind · 0.6 m · 9 km/h
▼ 04:10 ▲ 10:25 ▼ 16:45 ▲ 22:45
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 15/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind · 0.3 m · 21 km/h
▼ 05:15 ▲ 11:30 ▼ 18:05
Mon, 5 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 21 km/h
▲ 00:05 ▼ 06:40 ▲ 12:55 ▼ 19:30
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 13 km/h
▲ 01:40 ▼ 08:05 ▲ 14:35 ▼ 20:45
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 16 km/h
▲ 02:55 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:30 ▼ 21:50
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 15 km/h
▲ 03:55 ▼ 10:20 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:40
Week at a glance
Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.Fri 10:0016 · Grim
Fri, 2 Oct, 10:00
16 Grim- waist-high 0.8 m
- short period 5 s, choppy
- cross-shore wind
- high tide
- cross wind
Waves
0.8 m @ 5 s from SSE
Wind
33 km/h SSW · gusts 52
Tide
3.5 m · high
Air
16°C · dry
Meteogram
Score, waves, wind (green offshore, amber cross, red onshore), rain and air, tideHour by hour
Next 48 hours| Time | Surf | Waves | Period | From | Wind | Gust | Tide | Rain | Air | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | ||||||||||
| 09:00 | 28 Blowy | 0.8 m | 5 s | SSE | 28 km/h SW | 51 | 3.5 m ▲ | dry | 16° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 10:00 | 16 Grim | 0.8 m | 5 s | SSE | 33 km/h SSW | 52 | 3.5 m ▲ | dry | 16° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 11:00 | 11 Grim | 0.8 m | 5 s | SSE | 35 km/h SSW | 55 | 3.1 m | dry | 16° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 12:00 | 11 Grim | 0.8 m | 6 s | SSE | 39 km/h SSW | 58 | 2.5 m | dry | 16° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 13:00 | 0 Grim | 0.9 m | 6 s | SSE | 40 km/h SSW | 61 | 1.8 m | 0.1 mm | 17° | waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, onshore wind |
| 14:00 | 11 Grim | 0.9 m | 6 s | SSE | 41 km/h SSW | 63 | 1.3 m | 0.5 mm | 16° | waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 15:00 | 11 Grim | 0.9 m | 6 s | SSE | 39 km/h SSW | 63 | 0.9 m ▼ | 0.9 mm | 16° | waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 16:00 | 6 Grim | 0.9 m | 6 s | SSE | 42 km/h SW | 62 | 0.8 m ▼ | 1.3 mm | 16° | waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 17:00 | 11 Grim | 0.9 m | 6 s | SSE | 34 km/h SW | 58 | 1.0 m | 0.9 mm | 16° | waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 18:00 | 36 Blowy | 0.9 m | 6 s | SSE | 13 km/h WSW | 48 | 1.4 m | 0.4 mm | 16° | waist-high 0.9 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 19:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.8 m | 6 s | SSE | 14 km/h WNW | 32 | 2.1 m | dry | 15° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 20:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.8 m | 6 s | SSE | 10 km/h WNW | 22 | 2.7 m | dry | 13° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 21:00 | 36 Blowy | 0.8 m | 6 s | SSE | 8 km/h W | 17 | 3.2 m ▲ | dry | 11° | waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind |
| 22:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.7 m | 6 s | SSE | 9 km/h WNW | 14 | 3.3 m ▲ | dry | 10° | waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 23:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.7 m | 6 s | SSE | 6 km/h WNW | 14 | 3.1 m ▲ | dry | 9° | waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| Saturday, 3 October | ||||||||||
| 00:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.7 m | 6 s | SSE | 9 km/h NW | 14 | 2.7 m | dry | 8° | waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 01:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.7 m | 6 s | SSE | 8 km/h NW | 13 | 2.1 m | dry | 8° | waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 02:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.7 m | 6 s | SSE | 8 km/h NW | 12 | 1.5 m | dry | 7° | waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 03:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 9 km/h NW | 11 | 1.1 m ▼ | dry | 7° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 04:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 9 km/h NNW | 10 | 0.9 m ▼ | dry | 6° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 05:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 8 km/h NW | 10 | 0.9 m ▼ | dry | 6° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 06:00 | 46 Fresh | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 8 km/h NNW | 9 | 1.3 m | dry | 7° | waist-high 0.6 m, short period 5 s, choppy, offshore wind |
| 07:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 6 km/h N | 10 | 1.8 m | dry | 8° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind |
| 08:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 9 km/h NNW | 10 | 2.4 m | dry | 8° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind |
| 09:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 7 km/h NNW | 10 | 2.9 m | dry | 9° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high tide |
| 10:00 | 33 Blowy | 0.6 m | 5 s | SSE | 4 km/h NNW | 9 | 3.2 m ▲ | dry | 11° | knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, high tide |
| 11:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 5 km/h ESE | 13 | 3.2 m ▲ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, high tide |
| 12:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 9 km/h SE | 17 | 2.9 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 13:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h SE | 19 | 2.4 m | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 14:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 12 km/h SE | 20 | 1.9 m | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 15:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 12 km/h SSE | 20 | 1.4 m | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 16:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 13 km/h SSE | 20 | 1.1 m ▼ | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low tide |
| 17:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 11 km/h S | 20 | 1.0 m ▼ | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low tide |
| 18:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 11 km/h SSE | 19 | 1.1 m | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore, low tide |
| 19:00 | 21 Grim | 0.5 m | 5 s | SSE | 13 km/h SSE | 17 | 1.5 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.5 m, light onshore |
| 20:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 13 km/h S | 17 | 2.1 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore |
| 21:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h S | 18 | 2.6 m | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore |
| 22:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h SSE | 18 | 3.0 m ▲ | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore, high tide |
| 23:00 | 7 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 14 km/h SSE | 19 | 3.1 m ▲ | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.4 m, onshore wind, high tide |
| Sunday, 4 October | ||||||||||
| 00:00 | 23 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h SW | 21 | 3.0 m ▲ | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high tide |
| 01:00 | 23 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 10 km/h WSW | 22 | 2.6 m | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind |
| 02:00 | 21 Grim | 0.4 m | 5 s | SSE | 6 km/h SSW | 23 | 2.1 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, light onshore |
| 03:00 | 23 Grim | 0.4 m | 4 s | SSE | 9 km/h SW | 23 | 1.7 m | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind |
| 04:00 | 23 Grim | 0.4 m | 4 s | SSE | 9 km/h SW | 25 | 1.3 m ▼ | dry | 14° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 05:00 | 23 Grim | 0.4 m | 4 s | SSE | 10 km/h SW | 26 | 1.1 m ▼ | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 06:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 13 km/h SW | 28 | 1.1 m ▼ | dry | 15° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low tide |
| 07:00 | 23 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 15 km/h SW | 29 | 1.3 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind |
| 08:00 | 15 Grim | 0.3 m | 4 s | SSE | 21 km/h SW | 28 | 1.8 m | dry | 16° | knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind |
Where the energy comes from
Wave energy (H²·T) this week by direction, against the swell windowSwell arriving between E and SW reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.
Tide today
Kinsale (modelled), 5 km away · metres above chart datumLow 03:15 · 0.6 mHigh 09:25 · 3.5 mLow 15:40 · 0.8 mHigh 21:45 · 3.3 m
The spot
Faces
155° SSE
Swell window
E 80° → SW 230°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 3.8 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.
On the ground
No lifeguard listedNo toiletsNo parking listedYesDogs on lead
As listed by Cork County Council. Open in Maps.
Sauna after?
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A charming ,sandy, sheltered beach on the outskirts of Kinsale town. A hidden gem of white sand and a very popular beach for swimming and watersports such as kayaking and stand up paddle boarding.
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Set up Dipper Plus🏄 The Dock Beach Kinsale surf · Fresh · sea 17° · 0.8 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · waist-high 0.8 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
🏄 The Dock Beach Kinsale surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.6 mSat, 3 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind
🏄 The Dock Beach Kinsale surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind
Nearby spots
Score is Dipper's own blend. It rates comfort, not safety. Forecast: Met Éireann. Waves: Marine Institute Irish Shelf wave model.