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Trá an Dóilín, An Ceathrú Rua

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63
Decent · chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s
Waves
1.2 m
11 s period from WSW · model cell 3.9 km out
Sea
15.4°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 234 km away.
Tide
2.5 m
Rising. High at 22:10.
Wind
24 km/h
Moderate breeze, W, cross, gusts 44
Daylight
07:41
Sunrise. Sunset 19:14. Air 14°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
18:00
Decent 64/100
chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 1.2 m · 24 km/h
▼ 03:00 ▲ 09:25 ▼ 15:35 ▲ 22:10
Sat, 3 Oct
17:00
Fresh 51/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore · 0.8 m · 12 km/h
▼ 03:55 ▲ 10:30 ▼ 16:40 ▲ 23:30
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Decent 62/100
chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 1.0 m · 26 km/h
▼ 05:15 ▲ 11:50 ▼ 18:20
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Decent 68/100
chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.2 m · 31 km/h
▲ 00:55 ▼ 07:00 ▲ 13:20 ▼ 20:05
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Fresh 59/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, offshore wind · 0.8 m · 18 km/h
▲ 02:20 ▼ 08:25 ▲ 14:45 ▼ 21:05
Wed, 7 Oct
19:00
Blowy 37/100
waist-high 0.7 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 0.7 m · 19 km/h
▲ 03:20 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:40 ▼ 21:55
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▲ 04:10 ▼ 10:10 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:35

Week at a glance

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Fri 18:0064 · Decentchest-high 1.2 m · period 11 s
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 12:00 · 34 BlowyFri 13:00 · 38 BlowyFri 14:00 · 61 FreshFri 15:00 · 69 DecentFri 16:00 · 70 DecentFri 17:00 · 67 DecentFri 18:00 · 64 DecentFri 19:00 · 61 FreshFri 20:00 · 58 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 63 Decent · nightFri 22:00 · 60 Fresh · nightFri 23:00 · 62 Decent · nightSat 00:00 · 65 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 69 Decent · nightSat 02:00 · 72 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 76 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 05:00 · 76 Decent · nightSat 06:00 · 48 Fresh · nightSat 07:00 · 45 Fresh · nightSat 08:00 · 42 BlowySat 09:00 · 39 BlowySat 10:00 · 34 BlowySat 11:00 · 34 BlowySat 12:00 · 37 BlowySat 13:00 · 40 BlowySat 14:00 · 43 BlowySat 15:00 · 33 BlowySat 16:00 · 36 BlowySat 17:00 · 51 FreshSat 18:00 · 48 FreshSat 19:00 · 45 FreshSat 20:00 · 42 Blowy · nightSat 21:00 · 39 Blowy · nightSat 22:00 · 36 Blowy · nightSat 23:00 · 19 Grim · nightSun 00:00 · 20 Grim · nightSun 01:00 · 48 Fresh · nightSun 02:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSun 03:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSun 04:00 · 59 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 62 Decent · nightSun 06:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 58 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 55 FreshSun 09:00 · 52 FreshSun 10:00 · 32 BlowySun 11:00 · 29 BlowySun 12:00 · 27 GrimSun 13:00 · 30 BlowySun 14:00 · 33 BlowySun 15:00 · 36 BlowySun 16:00 · 39 BlowySun 17:00 · 59 FreshSun 18:00 · 62 DecentSun 19:00 · 61 FreshSun 20:00 · 41 Blowy · nightSun 21:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 32 Blowy · nightMon 00:00 · 46 Fresh · nightMon 01:00 · 43 Blowy · nightMon 02:00 · 30 Blowy · nightMon 03:00 · 58 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 53 Fresh · nightMon 05:00 · 56 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 43 Blowy · nightMon 07:00 · 46 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 68 DecentMon 09:00 · 65 DecentMon 10:00 · 62 DecentMon 11:00 · 58 FreshMon 12:00 · 55 FreshMon 13:00 · 52 FreshMon 14:00 · 53 FreshMon 15:00 · 48 FreshMon 16:00 · 51 FreshMon 17:00 · 54 FreshMon 18:00 · 57 FreshMon 19:00 · 60 FreshMon 22:00 · 73 Decent · nightTue 01:00 · 55 Fresh · nightTue 04:00 · 56 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 49 Fresh · nightTue 10:00 · 59 FreshTue 13:00 · 50 FreshTue 16:00 · 48 FreshTue 19:00 · 57 FreshTue 22:00 · 36 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 26 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 25 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 31 BlowyWed 13:00 · 34 BlowyWed 16:00 · 27 GrimWed 19:00 · 37 BlowyWed 22:00 · 46 Fresh · nightThu 01:00 · 36 Blowy · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 18:00

64 Decent
  • chest-high 1.2 m
  • period 11 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.2 m24 km/h
faces 191° S · wind cross
Waves
1.2 m @ 11 s from WSW
Wind
24 km/h W · gusts 44
Tide
2.2 m · lower half
Air
14°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
18:0064 Decent1.2 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW24 km/h W442.2 m dry14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
19:0061 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW23 km/h WNW402.8 m dry13°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
20:0058 Fresh1.2 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW24 km/h W363.3 m dry13°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
21:0063 Decent1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW18 km/h W353.8 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
22:0060 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)11 sWSW15 km/h W324.1 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
23:0062 Decent1.1 m (0.5 swell)11 sWSW12 km/h W284.0 m ▲dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0065 Decent1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h W253.5 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0069 Decent1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h W242.9 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0072 Decent1.0 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h WSW242.3 m dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0076 Decent0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW13 km/h WSW251.9 m ▼dry12°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0079 Decent0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW11 km/h WSW251.7 m ▼dry13°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0076 Decent0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h WSW241.9 m ▼dry13°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0048 Fresh0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h W212.3 m dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0045 Fresh0.9 m (0.5 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h W182.7 m dry13°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0042 Blowy0.9 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW8 km/h WSW153.2 m dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0039 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW6 km/h WSW163.7 m dry12°waist-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0034 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW8 km/h WSW194.0 m ▲dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
11:0034 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW9 km/h SW234.0 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
12:0037 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h SSW253.7 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
13:0040 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW13 km/h SSW273.2 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
14:0043 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW14 km/h SSW302.7 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
15:0033 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW16 km/h SSW312.2 m dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
16:0036 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW15 km/h SSW311.8 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
17:0051 Fresh0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h SW301.7 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
18:0048 Fresh0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h SW301.8 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
19:0045 Fresh0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h SW302.1 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
20:0042 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW10 km/h SW332.5 m dry13°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
21:0039 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW12 km/h SSW373.0 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
22:0036 Blowy0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW14 km/h SSW403.5 m dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
23:0019 Grim0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW19 km/h SSW423.8 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0020 Grim0.8 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW18 km/h S443.8 m ▲dry15°waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
01:0048 Fresh0.9 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW19 km/h S463.5 m dry14°chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
02:0052 Fresh1.0 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW20 km/h SSW473.1 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
03:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW27 km/h SSW492.6 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
04:0059 Fresh1.0 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW25 km/h SW502.3 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
05:0062 Decent1.0 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW24 km/h SW502.0 m ▼dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
06:0061 Fresh1.0 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW25 km/h SSW502.1 m ▼0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
07:0058 Fresh1.1 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SW492.3 m 0.2 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
08:0055 Fresh1.0 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW26 km/h SW492.6 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
09:0052 Fresh1.1 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SSW493.0 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
10:0032 Blowy1.1 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW30 km/h SSW483.4 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
11:0029 Blowy1.1 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW31 km/h SW473.8 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
12:0027 Grim1.1 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW32 km/h SW473.9 m ▲0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
13:0030 Blowy1.2 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW31 km/h SW473.7 m ▲dry16°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
14:0033 Blowy1.2 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW33 km/h SW443.4 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
15:0036 Blowy1.2 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW32 km/h SW443.0 m dry16°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
16:0039 Blowy1.2 m (0.4 swell)10 sWSW32 km/h SW462.5 m 0.3 mm16°chest-high 1.2 m, period 10 s, onshore wind
17:0059 Fresh1.1 m (0.3 swell)10 sWSW28 km/h SW422.1 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.1 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 WNW reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Rossaveel, 5 km away · metres above chart datum
03:0009:2515:3522:10
Low 03:00 · 1.3 mHigh 09:25 · 4.4 mLow 15:35 · 1.4 mHigh 22:10 · 4.1 m

The spot

Faces
191° S
Swell window
E 100° → WNW 300°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 3.9 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: 12-6 7 days July & Aug weekend June/SeptToiletsParkingNo dogs (No dogs allowed on designated blue flag beaches during lifeguard hours. Dogs allowed on a lead at all other times.)

As listed by Galway County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Oileanra Seaweed Baths and Sauna · Cuigeal, Lettermullan · 7 km · fixed

Driftwood Sauna · Spiddal Pier, An Spideal · 21 km · fixed

Doolin Ocean Sauna (Wild Atlantic Seaweed Baths) · Doolin Pier, Co. Clare · 30 km · fixed

Trá an Dóilín is an unusual beach formed from a plethora of dead fragments of "maerl", a twig-like calcareous seaweed. This type of beach material is washed up at only a few locations in Ireland. It is an exposed beach which is subject to very strong wave action at times. The bathing area comprises a number of different habitats in close proximity to the beach including rocky outcrops, rock pools, off shore reefs and a fresh water lagoon. These different habitats support a variety of different plant, animal and bird species. It is a popular beach for snorkelling and diving.

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🏄 Trá an Dóilín, An Ceathrú Rua surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.2 mFri, 2 Oct 17:30–18:30 · chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Trá an Dóilín, An Ceathrú Rua surf · Fresh · sea 15° · 0.8 mSat, 3 Oct 16:30–17:30 · waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore
🏄 Trá an Dóilín, An Ceathrú Rua surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.0 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, onshore wind

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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.