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White Rock Beach

Excellent Quality 2025 faces E

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17
Grim · waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy
Waves
0.7 m
5 s period from SE · model cell 1.3 km out
Sea
15.1°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 51 km away.
Tide
1.0 m
Low tide. Low at 09:30.
Wind
12 km/h
Gentle breeze, S, cross, gusts 31
Daylight
07:27
Sunrise. Sunset 19:00. Air 15°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
19:00
Decent 74/100
chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 1.0 m · 19 km/h
▲ 03:40 ▼ 09:30 ▲ 16:10 ▼ 22:10
Sat, 3 Oct
07:00
Grim 15/100
knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide · 0.3 m · 7 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 10:30 ▲ 17:10 ▼ 23:15
Sun, 4 Oct
18:00
Blowy 31/100
knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.3 m · 14 km/h
▲ 05:55 ▼ 11:55 ▲ 18:30
Mon, 5 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 17 km/h
▼ 00:55 ▲ 07:20 ▼ 13:20 ▲ 19:40
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.3 m · 7 km/h
▼ 02:20 ▲ 08:40 ▼ 14:30 ▲ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 16 km/h
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:50 ▼ 15:30 ▲ 21:55
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 13 km/h
▼ 04:05 ▲ 10:40 ▼ 16:15 ▲ 22:50

Week at a glance

Tap or drag to pick an hour. Everything below follows.
Fri 09:0018 · Grimwaist-high 0.7 m · short period 5 s, choppy
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 08:00 · 21 GrimFri 09:00 · 18 GrimFri 10:00 · 18 GrimFri 11:00 · 21 GrimFri 12:00 · 16 GrimFri 13:00 · 19 GrimFri 14:00 · 47 FreshFri 15:00 · 50 FreshFri 16:00 · 65 DecentFri 17:00 · 62 DecentFri 18:00 · 67 DecentFri 19:00 · 74 DecentFri 20:00 · 45 Fresh · nightFri 21:00 · 42 Blowy · nightFri 22:00 · 27 Grim · nightFri 23:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 19 Grim · nightSat 01:00 · 22 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 25 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSat 04:00 · 21 Grim · nightSat 05:00 · 22 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 18 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 15 GrimSat 08:00 · 5 GrimSat 09:00 · 5 GrimSat 10:00 · 5 GrimSat 11:00 · 5 GrimSat 12:00 · 5 GrimSat 13:00 · 5 GrimSat 14:00 · 5 GrimSat 15:00 · 5 GrimSat 16:00 · 5 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 · 16 GrimSun 12:00 · 13 GrimSun 13:00 · 16 GrimSun 14:00 · 19 GrimSun 15:00 · 22 GrimSun 16:00 · 25 GrimSun 17:00 · 28 BlowySun 18:00 · 31 BlowySun 19:00 · 31 BlowySun 20:00 · 28 Blowy · nightSun 21:00 · 25 Grim · nightSun 22:00 · 22 Grim · nightSun 23:00 · 19 Grim · nightMon 00:00 · 16 Grim · nightMon 01:00 · 13 Grim · nightMon 02:00 · 16 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 10:00 · 5 GrimMon 13:00 · 5 GrimMon 16:00 · 5 GrimMon 19:00 · 5 GrimMon 22:00 · 16 Grim · nightTue 01:00 · 17 Grim · nightTue 04:00 · 8 Grim · nightTue 07:00 · 18 Grim · nightTue 10:00 · 5 GrimTue 13:00 · 5 GrimTue 16:00 · 5 GrimTue 19:00 · 5 GrimTue 22:00 · 20 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 0 GrimWed 13:00 · 0 GrimWed 19:00 · 0 GrimThu 01:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 09:00

18 Grim
  • waist-high 0.7 m
  • short period 5 s, choppy
  • cross-shore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.7 m12 km/h
faces 85° E · wind cross
Waves
0.7 m @ 5 s from SE
Wind
12 km/h S · gusts 31
Tide
1.0 m · low
Air
15°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
09:0018 Grim0.7 m5 sSE12 km/h S311.0 m ▼dry15°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
10:0018 Grim0.7 m5 sSE16 km/h S370.9 m ▼dry16°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
11:0021 Grim0.7 m5 sSE17 km/h S401.3 m dry16°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
12:0016 Grim0.8 m5 sSE21 km/h S431.8 m dry17°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
13:0019 Grim0.8 m5 sSE22 km/h S462.4 m dry17°waist-high 0.8 m, short period 5 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
14:0047 Fresh1.0 m6 sSE18 km/h SSE482.9 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
15:0050 Fresh1.1 m6 sSE19 km/h S483.4 m ▲0.2 mm17°chest-high 1.0 m, short period 6 s, choppy, cross-shore wind
16:0065 Decent1.1 m6 sSE21 km/h S473.5 m ▲0.4 mm17°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
17:0062 Decent1.1 m6 sSE19 km/h S463.5 m ▲0.4 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
18:0067 Decent1.1 m6 sSE14 km/h S443.1 m 0.6 mm16°chest-high 1.1 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
19:0074 Decent1.0 m6 sSE19 km/h WSW382.5 m 0.6 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
20:0045 Fresh0.9 m6 sSE18 km/h W341.8 m dry15°waist-high 0.9 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
21:0042 Blowy0.8 m6 sSE19 km/h W351.2 m ▼dry14°waist-high 0.8 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
22:0027 Grim0.7 m6 sSE20 km/h W360.9 m ▼dry13°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
23:0029 Blowy0.7 m6 sSE24 km/h W371.0 m ▼dry12°waist-high 0.7 m, short period 6 s, choppy, offshore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0019 Grim0.6 m6 sSE22 km/h W351.4 m dry12°knee-high 0.6 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
01:0022 Grim0.5 m6 sSE20 km/h WNW341.9 m dry11°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0025 Grim0.5 m6 sSE10 km/h WNW302.4 m dry11°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
03:0028 Blowy0.4 m5 sSE6 km/h W222.9 m dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
04:0021 Grim0.4 m5 sSE4 km/h SW183.2 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
05:0022 Grim0.4 m5 sSE5 km/h SSW183.3 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
06:0018 Grim0.3 m5 sSE6 km/h S173.1 m dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
07:0015 Grim0.3 m5 sSE7 km/h S172.7 m dry10°knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
08:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSE7 km/h SSE172.1 m dry10°flat
09:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE7 km/h SSE161.6 m dry11°flat
10:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE2 km/h SSE161.3 m ▼dry13°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE5 km/h WNW151.2 m ▼dry14°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE4 km/h WNW151.4 m dry15°flat
13:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE5 km/h SSE181.9 m dry15°flat
14:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE15 km/h SE212.4 m dry15°flat
15:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE17 km/h SSE252.8 m dry15°flat
16:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSE17 km/h SSE273.2 m ▲dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE5 km/h S273.4 m ▲dry17°flat
18:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE8 km/h SSE263.4 m ▲dry16°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE14 km/h SSE243.0 m dry14°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE11 km/h S232.5 m dry13°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE9 km/h S231.9 m dry12°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE6 km/h SSE231.4 m dry12°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE5 km/h SE231.1 m ▼dry12°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE8 km/h SE241.1 m ▼dry12°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE7 km/h SSE241.4 m dry12°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m3 sSE9 km/h SSE261.8 m dry12°flat
03:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE10 km/h SSE272.2 m dry12°flat
04:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE11 km/h S292.7 m dry12°flat
05:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE8 km/h SSE303.0 m ▲dry13°flat
06:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE11 km/h SSE313.2 m ▲dry13°flat
07:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE10 km/h SSE333.1 m ▲dry13°flat
08:005 Grim0.3 m4 sSE13 km/h SW322.7 m dry15°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Bray Harbour (modelled), 5 km away · metres above chart datum
03:4009:3016:1022:10
High 03:40 · 3.5 mLow 09:30 · 0.9 mHigh 16:10 · 3.6 mLow 22:10 · 0.9 m

The spot

Faces
85° E
Swell window
NNW 340° → S 170°
Exposure
Open coast · model cell 1.3 km out
Water
Excellent Quality

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

No lifeguard listedToiletsParkingKilliney Dart station nearbyDogs on lead

As listed by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Hot Box Sauna (Killiney Beach) · Killiney Beach · right here · fixed

SAY Saunas (Sandycove Store & Yard) · Sandycove Road, Sandycove · 2 km · fixed

Saunos Sandycove · 49 Sandycove Road, Sandycove · 2 km · fixed

Sandycove Sauna by the Sea · Sandycove Point, beside the Forty Foot · 2 km · fixed

White Rock is a small sandy cove accessed down approx. 100 steps from Vico Road. It can also be accessed from Killiney beach at low tide.

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🏄 White Rock Beach surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.0 mFri, 2 Oct 18:30–19:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 White Rock Beach surf · Grim · sea 15° · 0.3 mSat, 3 Oct 06:30–07:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, cross-shore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 White Rock Beach surf · Blowy · sea 15° · 0.3 mSun, 4 Oct 17:30–18:30 · knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide

Nearby spots

Killiney

1 km · Co. Dublin · Excellent Quality

Coliemore Harbour

1 km · Co. Dublin · Not classified

Sandycove Beach

3 km · Co. Dublin · Good Quality

Forty Foot Bathing Place

3 km · Co. Dublin · Excellent Quality

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