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WhiteBay Beach Whitegate Midleton

faces SSE Monitored, not designated

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32
Blowy · knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind
Waves
0.5 m
6 s period from SSE · model cell 0.6 km out
Sea
16.8°
Grand. M5 buoy, south-east off Wexford, 108 km away.
Tide
3.4 m
High tide. High at 21:50.
Wind
13 km/h
Gentle breeze, WNW, offshore, gusts 20
Daylight
07:34
Sunrise. Sunset 19:10. Air 12°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
Daylight's done for today.
▼ 03:15 ▲ 09:20 ▼ 15:55 ▲ 21:50
Sat, 3 Oct
10:00
Blowy 32/100
knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide · 0.4 m · 8 km/h
▼ 04:10 ▲ 10:15 ▼ 16:45 ▲ 22:50
Sun, 4 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 7 km/h
▼ 05:20 ▲ 11:35 ▼ 18:05
Mon, 5 Oct
08:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 17 km/h
▲ 00:15 ▼ 06:45 ▲ 13:05 ▼ 19:35
Tue, 6 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.2 m · 7 km/h
▲ 01:45 ▼ 08:05 ▲ 14:30 ▼ 20:55
Wed, 7 Oct
10:00
Grim 5/100
flat · 0.1 m · 13 km/h
▲ 02:55 ▼ 09:15 ▲ 15:40 ▼ 21:55
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 10 km/h
▲ 03:55 ▼ 10:15 ▲ 16:25 ▼ 22:40

Week at a glance

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Fri 21:0030 · Blowyknee-high 0.5 m · offshore wind
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 21:00 · 30 Blowy · nightFri 22:00 · 32 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 29 Blowy · nightSat 00:00 · 26 Grim · nightSat 01:00 · 23 Grim · nightSat 02:00 · 20 Grim · nightSat 03:00 · 17 Grim · nightSat 04:00 · 14 Grim · nightSat 05:00 · 16 Grim · nightSat 06:00 · 19 Grim · nightSat 07:00 · 12 Grim · nightSat 08:00 · 26 GrimSat 09:00 · 29 BlowySat 10:00 · 32 BlowySat 11:00 · 31 BlowySat 12:00 · 16 GrimSat 13:00 · 13 GrimSat 14:00 · 9 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 · 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 · 5 Grim · nightWed 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 04:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 07:00 · 5 Grim · nightWed 10:00 · 5 GrimWed 13:00 · 5 GrimWed 16:00 · 5 GrimWed 19:00 · 5 GrimWed 22:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 01:00 · 5 Grim · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 21:00

30 Blowy
  • knee-high 0.5 m
  • offshore wind
  • high-ish tide
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.5 m13 km/h
faces 153° SSE · wind offshore
Waves
0.5 m @ 6 s from SSE
Wind
13 km/h WNW · gusts 20
Tide
3.3 m · high
Air
12°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
21:0030 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE13 km/h WNW203.3 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
22:0032 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE11 km/h WNW193.4 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
23:0029 Blowy0.5 m6 sSSE11 km/h NW183.2 m ▲dry10°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
Saturday, 3 October
00:0026 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE8 km/h NW162.8 m dry10°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
01:0023 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE8 km/h NW142.2 m dry9°knee-high 0.5 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
02:0020 Grim0.5 m6 sSSE8 km/h NW121.6 m dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
03:0017 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE9 km/h NNW121.1 m ▼dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
04:0014 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE9 km/h NNW120.9 m ▼dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
05:0016 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE8 km/h NNW120.9 m ▼dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
06:0019 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE6 km/h N111.3 m dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, low-ish tide
07:0012 Grim0.4 m6 sSSE7 km/h NNE121.8 m dry7°knee-high 0.4 m, cross-shore wind, low-ish tide
08:0026 Grim0.4 m5 sSSE13 km/h NNW142.5 m dry8°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
09:0029 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE10 km/h N153.0 m dry9°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
10:0032 Blowy0.4 m5 sSSE8 km/h N123.3 m ▲dry11°knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
11:0031 Blowy0.3 m5 sSSE5 km/h N113.3 m ▲dry12°knee-high 0.3 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
12:0016 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE4 km/h ESE123.0 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
13:0013 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE10 km/h SE152.5 m dry14°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, high-ish tide
14:009 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE10 km/h ESE172.0 m dry15°knee-high 0.3 m, light onshore, low-ish tide
15:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE12 km/h SE181.5 m dry15°flat
16:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE12 km/h SSE191.1 m ▼dry15°flat
17:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE11 km/h SSE181.0 m ▼dry15°flat
18:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE9 km/h S171.2 m dry15°flat
19:005 Grim0.3 m5 sSSE8 km/h S141.6 m dry14°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSSE10 km/h S122.1 m dry14°flat
21:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSSE11 km/h SE132.6 m dry13°flat
22:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSSE12 km/h SSE123.0 m ▲dry13°flat
23:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSSE10 km/h SSE123.1 m ▲dry14°flat
Sunday, 4 October
00:005 Grim0.2 m5 sSSE8 km/h SSE123.0 m ▲dry14°flat
01:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h SSE122.7 m dry14°flat
02:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE4 km/h SW122.2 m dry13°flat
03:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE3 km/h S121.7 m dry13°flat
04:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE7 km/h WSW141.3 m dry14°flat
05:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE7 km/h SSW151.1 m ▼dry13°flat
06:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h WSW161.1 m ▼dry13°flat
07:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE9 km/h SW181.4 m dry14°flat
08:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE7 km/h WSW191.8 m dry14°flat
09:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE11 km/h SW222.3 m dry15°flat
10:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE12 km/h SW242.8 m dry16°flat
11:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE15 km/h SW263.1 m ▲dry17°flat
12:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE17 km/h WSW273.1 m ▲dry17°flat
13:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE16 km/h WSW282.9 m dry17°flat
14:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE18 km/h SSW302.6 m dry18°flat
15:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW312.1 m dry18°flat
16:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE23 km/h SW311.7 m dry17°flat
17:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE21 km/h SW301.3 m ▼dry17°flat
18:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW291.2 m ▼dry16°flat
19:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE17 km/h SW271.2 m ▼dry16°flat
20:005 Grim0.2 m4 sSSE19 km/h SW281.5 m dry16°flat

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Crosshaven (modelled), 3 km away · metres above chart datum
03:1509:2015:5521:50
Low 03:15 · 0.6 mHigh 09:20 · 3.6 mLow 15:55 · 0.8 mHigh 21:50 · 3.4 m

The spot

Faces
153° SSE
Swell window
E 100° → SSW 200°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 0.6 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.

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On the ground

No lifeguard listedNo toiletsParkingDogs on lead

As listed by Cork County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

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My Haven Sauna · Oysterhaven Bay, Kinure · 18 km · fixed

White Bay beach Cuán bán in County Cork is a secluded surf strand on the East side of Cork Harbour Inlet, near Roches Point. It is located approximately 17Km from the town of Midleton. The beach faces in a South Westerly direction and extends about 150 Meters in length. The beach has a sloping gradient, with soft sandy surface and is surrounded by rocks and headlands on either side. Seaweed and stones are also visible at the high water mark.

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🏄 WhiteBay Beach Whitegate Midleton surf · Blowy · sea 17° · 0.4 mSat, 3 Oct 09:30–10:30 · knee-high 0.4 m, offshore wind, high-ish tide
🏄 WhiteBay Beach Whitegate Midleton surf · Grim · sea 17° · 0.2 mSun, 4 Oct 07:30–08:30 · flat

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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.