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Trá Poll na gCaorach Inis Oirr

Green Coast faces WNW Monitored, not designated

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Dip score now
57
Fresh · moderate breeze, onshore, choppy
Waves
0.1 m
3 s period from SSE · model cell 1.5 km out
Sea
15.4°
Grand. M3 buoy, south-west of Mizen Head, 217 km away.
Tide
3.6 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 22:05.
Wind
25 km/h
Moderate breeze, WNW, onshore, gusts 40
Daylight
07:40
Sunrise. Sunset 19:14. Air 13°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours, preferring low tide
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 02:55 ▲ 09:25 ▼ 15:25 ▲ 22:05
Sat, 3 Oct
17:00
Grand 99/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.1 m · 12 km/h
▼ 03:50 ▲ 10:25 ▼ 16:45 ▲ 23:15
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Decent 67/100
fresh breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 32 km/h
▼ 05:20 ▲ 11:50 ▼ 18:15
Mon, 5 Oct
19:00
Grand 80/100
moderate breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.1 m · 26 km/h
▲ 00:55 ▼ 07:00 ▲ 13:15 ▼ 20:00
Tue, 6 Oct
19:00
Grand 85/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.2 m · 18 km/h
▲ 02:20 ▼ 08:25 ▲ 14:40 ▼ 21:00
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grand 88/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.1 m · 18 km/h
▲ 03:25 ▼ 09:20 ▲ 15:35 ▼ 21:55
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grand 81/100
gentle breeze, dry · 16 km/h
▲ 04:10 ▼ 10:05 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:35

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 20:0059 · Freshmoderate breeze · onshore, choppy
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 16:00 · 60 FreshFri 17:00 · 55 FreshFri 18:00 · 51 FreshFri 19:00 · 63 DecentFri 20:00 · 59 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 55 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 63 Decent · nightFri 23:00 · 70 Decent · nightSat 00:00 · 75 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 80 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 85 Grand · nightSat 03:00 · 90 Grand · nightSat 04:00 · 93 Grand · nightSat 05:00 · 89 Grand · nightSat 06:00 · 85 Grand · nightSat 07:00 · 81 Grand · nightSat 08:00 · 82 GrandSat 09:00 · 78 DecentSat 10:00 · 74 DecentSat 11:00 · 75 DecentSat 12:00 · 73 DecentSat 13:00 · 77 DecentSat 14:00 · 82 GrandSat 15:00 · 86 GrandSat 16:00 · 91 GrandSat 17:00 · 99 GrandSat 18:00 · 95 GrandSat 19:00 · 90 GrandSat 20:00 · 80 Grand · nightSat 21:00 · 76 Decent · nightSat 22:00 · 71 Decent · nightSat 23:00 · 57 Fresh · nightSun 00:00 · 59 Fresh · nightSun 01:00 · 64 Decent · nightSun 02:00 · 69 Decent · nightSun 03:00 · 73 Decent · nightSun 04:00 · 62 Decent · nightSun 05:00 · 66 Decent · nightSun 06:00 · 65 Decent · nightSun 07:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 57 FreshSun 09:00 · 52 FreshSun 10:00 · 48 FreshSun 11:00 · 44 BlowySun 12:00 · 25 GrimSun 13:00 · 45 FreshSun 14:00 · 38 BlowySun 15:00 · 54 FreshSun 16:00 · 58 FreshSun 17:00 · 63 DecentSun 18:00 · 67 DecentSun 19:00 · 65 DecentSun 20:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 56 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 48 Fresh · nightMon 00:00 · 44 Blowy · nightMon 01:00 · 40 Blowy · nightMon 02:00 · 45 Fresh · nightMon 03:00 · 50 Fresh · nightMon 04:00 · 54 Fresh · nightMon 05:00 · 59 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 63 Decent · nightMon 07:00 · 68 Decent · nightMon 08:00 · 64 DecentMon 09:00 · 59 FreshMon 10:00 · 65 DecentMon 11:00 · 66 DecentMon 12:00 · 46 FreshMon 13:00 · 41 BlowyMon 14:00 · 59 FreshMon 15:00 · 63 DecentMon 16:00 · 67 DecentMon 17:00 · 72 DecentMon 18:00 · 76 DecentMon 19:00 · 80 GrandMon 22:00 · 77 Decent · nightTue 01:00 · 54 Fresh · nightTue 04:00 · 51 Fresh · nightTue 07:00 · 64 Decent · nightTue 10:00 · 53 FreshTue 13:00 · 63 DecentTue 16:00 · 72 DecentTue 19:00 · 85 GrandTue 22:00 · 77 Decent · nightWed 01:00 · 74 Decent · nightWed 04:00 · 72 Decent · nightWed 07:00 · 80 Grand · nightWed 10:00 · 88 GrandWed 13:00 · 62 DecentWed 16:00 · 36 BlowyWed 19:00 · 65 DecentWed 22:00 · 75 Decent · nightThu 01:00 · 61 Fresh · nightThu 07:00 · 52 Fresh · nightThu 13:00 · 81 GrandThu 19:00 · 44 Blowy

Fri, 2 Oct, 20:00

59 Fresh
  • moderate breeze
  • onshore, choppy
  • dry
  • calm sea
  • onshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.1 m25 km/h
faces 303° WNW · wind onshore
Waves
0.1 m @ 3 s from SSE
Wind
25 km/h WNW · gusts 40
Tide
3.4 m · upper half
Air
13°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
20:0059 Fresh0.1 m3 sSSE25 km/h WNW403.4 m dry13°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
21:0055 Fresh0.1 m3 sSSE22 km/h WNW393.9 m ▲dry13°moderate breeze, onshore, choppy, dry
22:0063 Decent0.1 m3 sSSE18 km/h W374.1 m ▲dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
23:0070 Decent0.1 m3 sSSE18 km/h W353.9 m ▲dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
Saturday, 3 October
00:0075 Decent0.1 m3 sSSE16 km/h W323.5 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
01:0080 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE17 km/h W302.9 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
02:0085 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE18 km/h W302.3 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
03:0090 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE19 km/h W301.9 m ▼dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
04:0093 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE16 km/h WSW301.7 m ▼dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
05:0089 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE16 km/h W291.9 m ▼dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
06:0085 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE16 km/h W262.3 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
07:0081 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE14 km/h W232.8 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
08:0082 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE12 km/h W213.2 m dry13°light winds, dry, calm sea
09:0078 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE10 km/h W213.7 m dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
10:0074 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE10 km/h WSW224.0 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
11:0075 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE10 km/h SW244.0 m ▲dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
12:0073 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE12 km/h SSW263.7 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
13:0077 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE16 km/h SSW273.2 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
14:0082 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE17 km/h SSW292.7 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
15:0086 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE14 km/h SSW282.1 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
16:0091 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE14 km/h SW271.8 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
17:0099 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE12 km/h SW271.7 m ▼dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
18:0095 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE9 km/h SW271.9 m ▼dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
19:0090 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE10 km/h SSW302.2 m dry15°light winds, dry, calm sea
20:0080 Grand0.1 m2 sSSE14 km/h SW332.6 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
21:0076 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE14 km/h SSW363.1 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
22:0071 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE18 km/h SSE393.5 m ▲dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
23:0057 Fresh0.1 m2 sSSE24 km/h S423.8 m ▲dry14°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
Sunday, 4 October
00:0059 Fresh0.1 m2 sSSE23 km/h S433.7 m ▲dry14°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
01:0064 Decent0.1 m2 sSSE24 km/h S453.4 m dry14°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
02:0069 Decent0.2 m2 sSSE26 km/h S463.0 m dry14°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
03:0073 Decent0.2 m2 sSSE25 km/h SSW482.6 m 0.1 mm14°moderate breeze, dry, calm sea
04:0062 Decent0.2 m3 sSSE31 km/h SSW492.2 m dry15°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
05:0066 Decent0.2 m3 sSSE32 km/h SW502.0 m ▼dry15°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
06:0065 Decent0.2 m2 sSSE31 km/h SSW512.1 m ▼dry15°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
07:0061 Fresh0.2 m2 sSSE35 km/h SSW502.3 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
08:0057 Fresh0.2 m2 sSSE33 km/h SW502.6 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
09:0052 Fresh0.2 m2 sSSE35 km/h SSW503.0 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
10:0048 Fresh0.2 m2 sSSE37 km/h SSW503.4 m 0.1 mm15°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
11:0044 Blowy0.2 m3 sSSE37 km/h SSW493.8 m ▲dry16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
12:0025 Grim0.2 m3 sSSE39 km/h SSW493.9 m ▲0.1 mm16°strong wind, dry, calm sea
13:0045 Fresh0.3 m3 sSSE38 km/h SW493.7 m ▲dry16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
14:0038 Blowy0.3 m3 sSSE39 km/h SSW443.4 m 0.3 mm16°fresh breeze, rain, calm sea
15:0054 Fresh0.3 m3 sSSE39 km/h SW442.9 m dry16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
16:0058 Fresh0.3 m3 sSSE37 km/h SW472.5 m 0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
17:0063 Decent0.3 m3 sSSE33 km/h SW422.0 m ▼dry16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
18:0067 Decent0.2 m3 sSSE32 km/h SW411.8 m ▼dry16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea
19:0065 Decent0.2 m3 sSSE32 km/h SW401.8 m ▼0.1 mm16°fresh breeze, dry, calm sea

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Inishmore, 13 km away · metres above chart datum
02:5509:2515:2522:05
Low 02:55 · 1.3 mHigh 09:25 · 4.4 mLow 15:25 · 1.4 mHigh 22:05 · 4.1 m

The spot

Faces
303° WNW
Swell window
NW 320° → WNW 300°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.5 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 listedAccessible: no designated ramp or slipway but beach can be accessed from the local roadDogs on lead

As listed by Galway County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Doolin Ocean Sauna (Wild Atlantic Seaweed Baths) · Doolin Pier, Co. Clare · 8 km · fixed

Sauna Suaimhneas · Lahinch Beach (also Spanish Point, White Strand Miltown Malbay, Clahane Shore), Co. Clare · 17 km · mobile

Driftwood Sauna · Spiddal Pier, An Spideal · 24 km · fixed

Oileanra Seaweed Baths and Sauna · Cuigeal, Lettermullan · 26 km · fixed

It is a scenic quiet small sandy beach on the north eastern shore of the island of Inis Oirr in outer Galway Bay. It is popular among locals and is accessed by a local tar road. Locals often fish from the strand. It lies near the airstrip and light house. It is a 15 minute walk from the pier to the beach. Spectacular views of the Clare coastline and surrounding countryside

Put Trá Poll na gCaorach Inis Oirr in your calendar

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🌊 Trá Poll na gCaorach Inis Oirr dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.1 mSat, 3 Oct 16:30–17:30 · light winds, dry, calm sea
🌊 Trá Poll na gCaorach Inis Oirr dip · Decent · sea 15° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · fresh breeze, dry, calm sea

Nearby spots

Trá Inis Oírr (Main Beach)

1 km · Co. Galway · Excellent Quality

Luogh Lough

11 km · Co. Clare · Not classified

Lough Goller

15 km · Co. Clare · Not classified

Lough Garrig

16 km · Co. Clare · Not classified

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