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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Surf Report and Forecast

Current Surf Report for Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

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Today's Tide - Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Time Times for Red Strand (Dirk Bay)
Low 12:01AM 1.4ft
High 5:58AM 13.4ft
Low 12:23PM 1.2ft
High 6:19PM 13.8ft
First Light 4:43AM
Sunrise 5:27AM
Sunset 9:37PM
Last Light 10:22PM

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About Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

Very protected bay that comes into its own in winter when the breaks further west are maxing-out. Waves break on an unsurfable outside reef and reform into hollow peaks. Can have strong rips. Park by... more

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Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Surf Forecast Sat 25 May - Sun 9 Jun

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Surf Forecasting help for Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

A detailed long range Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Red Strand (Dirk Bay) and nearby surf spots in the UK + Ireland area. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.

Surf Forecasting Articles

Hourly Surf Swell Rating Primary Swell Secondary Swell Wind (+ Gusts) Weather Prob.
Sat 05/25 12am 1-2ft 1ft 9s 265.01° 0.5ft 11s 0.7ft 3s 6 7 mph Mostly Clear 50°f 100%
3am 1-2ft 1ft 10s 259.21° 0.5ft 3s   3 4 mph Clear 50°f 100%
Sat 05/25 6am 1-2ft 1ft 10s 258.29° 0.5ft 6s   5 6 mph Fair 50°f 100%
9am 1-2ft 0.9ft 10s 257.53° 0.4ft 1s 0.5ft 5s 8 11 mph Cloudy 52°f 100%
Noon 1-2ft 0.9ft 10s 257.51° 0.7ft 2s 0.4ft 5s 9 12 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
3pm 1ft 0.9ft 9s 257.48° 0.9ft 2s 0.4ft 4s 10 14 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
6pm 1ft 0.8ft 9s 257.9° 1ft 3s 0.4ft 4s 10 14 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
9pm 1ft 0.8ft 9s 258.52° 0.9ft 3s 0.3ft 4s 8 12 mph Overcast 52°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 12:01AM 1.4ft
High 5:58AM 13.4ft
Low 12:23PM 1.2ft
High 6:19PM 13.8ft
First Light 4:43AM
Sunrise 5:27AM
Sunset 9:37PM
Last Light 10:22PM
Sun 05/26 12am 1ft 0.8ft 9s 259.71° 0.8ft 3s 0.3ft 4s 8 10 mph Cloudy 52°f 100%
3am 1ft 0.9ft 9s 260.91° 0.8ft 3s 0.2ft 4s 8 11 mph Cloudy 52°f 100%
Sun 05/26 6am 1ft 1ft 8s 260.71° 0.9ft 3s 0.2ft 16s 9 15 mph Brief Showers 52°f 100%
9am 1ft 1ft 8s 259.96° 1ft 4s 0.2ft 16s 12 16 mph Cloudy 54°f 100%
Noon 1ft 1ft 8s 258.29° 1.3ft 3s 0.3ft 16s 13 17 mph Brief Showers 54°f 90%
3pm 1ft 1.8ft 3s 208.78° 0.8ft 8s 0.3ft 15s 15 19 mph Brief Showers 54°f 90%
6pm 1-2ft 2ft 4s 210.89° 0.7ft 8s 0.3ft 15s 15 22 mph Brief Showers 54°f 75%
9pm 1-2ft 2.5ft 4s 210.51° 0.6ft 8s 0.3ft 15s 14 22 mph Overcast 50°f 75%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 12:45AM 1ft
High 6:41AM 13.8ft
Low 1:05PM 1ft
High 7:02PM 14.1ft
First Light 4:41AM
Sunrise 5:26AM
Sunset 9:39PM
Last Light 10:23PM
Mon 05/27 12am 2ft 3ft 4s 208.39° 0.3ft 15s 0.5ft 8s 18 27 mph Overcast 50°f 95%
3am 2-3ft 4ft 5s 208.17° 0.3ft 15s 0.2ft 9s 23 33 mph Brief Showers 50°f 95%
Mon 05/27 6am 3-4ft 4.5ft 6s 210° 0.3ft 15s   24 33 mph Rain 52°f 100%
9am 3-4ft 4.5ft 6s 218.78° 0.3ft 15s   18 24 mph Brief Showers 52°f 100%
Noon 2-4ft 3.5ft 7s 252.49° 3ft 6s 0.3ft 14s 21 25 mph Brief Showers 54°f 100%
3pm 2-3ft 3.5ft 7s 264.44° 3ft 6s 0.3ft 14s 22 26 mph Fair 54°f 100%
6pm 2-3ft 3.5ft 5s 264.58° 2ft 6s 0.3ft 14s 18 23 mph Brief Showers 52°f 95%
9pm 2-4ft 3.5ft 10s 266.57° 1.9ft 6s 0.3ft 14s 15 23 mph Mostly Clear 48°f 95%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 1:29AM 0.9ft
High 7:23AM 13.9ft
Low 1:48PM 0.9ft
High 7:46PM 14.2ft
First Light 4:40AM
Sunrise 5:25AM
Sunset 9:40PM
Last Light 10:25PM
Tue 05/28 12am 3-5ft 3.5ft 14s 265.94° 1.5ft 6s 0.3ft 14s 15 24 mph Mostly Clear 48°f 70%
3am 3-5ft 3.5ft 14s 264.12° 1.1ft 6s 0.3ft 14s 16 26 mph Mostly Clear 48°f 70%
Tue 05/28 6am 2-3ft 1.9ft 14s 255.18° 2.5ft 9s 2ft 4s 16 25 mph Fair 48°f 100%
9am 3-4ft 3ft 14s 252.79° 2.5ft 4s 0.3ft 14s 18 23 mph Fair 52°f 100%
Noon 2-3ft 1.7ft 13s 255.79° 2ft 9s 3ft 5s 19 24 mph Brief Showers 52°f 100%
3pm 2-3ft 1.5ft 13s 256.27° 1.9ft 9s 3.5ft 5s 20 26 mph Fair 54°f 100%
6pm 1-2ft 1.8ft 8s 255.96° 4ft 5s 1.2ft 12s 20 27 mph Brief Showers 52°f 100%
9pm 1-2ft 3.5ft 5s 283.24° 1ft 12s 0.3ft 13s 17 26 mph Mostly Clear 48°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 2:12AM 1.1ft
High 8:07AM 13.7ft
Low 2:31PM 1.2ft
High 8:30PM 13.9ft
First Light 4:39AM
Sunrise 5:24AM
Sunset 9:41PM
Last Light 10:26PM
Wed 05/29 12am 2-3ft 2.5ft 8s 258.69° 0.3ft 13s 2ft 4s 16 26 mph Clear 48°f 90%
3am 2-3ft 2ft 9s 255.63° 2ft 4s 0.3ft 13s 16 26 mph Clear 46°f 90%
Wed 05/29 6am 2-3ft 1.9ft 9s 255.62° 2ft 4s 0.2ft 12s 15 24 mph Sunny 48°f 65%
9am 2ft 1.8ft 9s 255.18° 2ft 4s 0.2ft 13s 17 22 mph Fair 52°f 65%
Noon 1-2ft 1.6ft 9s 255.4° 2ft 4s 0.2ft 13s 16 20 mph Fair 54°f 80%
3pm 1-2ft 1.7ft 9s 253.31° 1.8ft 4s 0.2ft 17s 17 21 mph Sunny 55°f 80%
6pm 2-3ft 2ft 9s 266.58° 0.3ft 12s 0.2ft 17s 14 19 mph Sunny 55°f 75%
9pm 2ft 1.9ft 9s 260.3° 0.3ft 13s   11 17 mph Clear 52°f 75%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 2:57AM 1.5ft
High 8:52AM 13.3ft
Low 3:17PM 1.7ft
High 9:17PM 13.3ft
First Light 4:38AM
Sunrise 5:23AM
Sunset 9:42PM
Last Light 10:28PM
Thu 05/30 12am 1-2ft 1.6ft 9s 254.52° 0.3ft 13s   10 13 mph Clear 48°f 85%
3am 1-2ft 1.4ft 9s 251.05° 0.3ft 16s   8 11 mph Clear 46°f 85%
Thu 05/30 6am 1-2ft 1.4ft 8s 249.45° 0.3ft 16s   5 6 mph Sunny 46°f 90%
9am 1-2ft 1.4ft 8s 248.68° 0.3ft 16s   3 4 mph Sunny 52°f 90%
Noon 1-2ft 1.4ft 8s 248.11° 0.3ft 16s   8 9 mph Sunny 55°f 85%
3pm 1-2ft 1.3ft 7s 245.05° 0.6ft 9s 0.5ft 2s 13 14 mph Sunny 55°f 85%
6pm 1-2ft 1.3ft 8s 249.66° 0.3ft 15s 1ft 2s 11 15 mph Fair 55°f 100%
9pm 1-2ft 1.2ft 8s 251.56° 0.4ft 15s 1.2ft 3s 10 13 mph Mostly Clear 54°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 3:45AM 2.2ft
High 9:40AM 12.6ft
Low 4:06PM 2.3ft
High 10:08PM 12.6ft
First Light 4:37AM
Sunrise 5:22AM
Sunset 9:43PM
Last Light 10:29PM
Fri 05/31 12am 1-2ft 1.6ft 8s 252.43° 0.4ft 15s 0.2ft 12s 11 16 mph Mostly Clear 54°f 95%
3am 1-2ft 1.6ft 8s 252.49° 0.4ft 15s 0.2ft 12s 10 14 mph Clear 54°f 95%
Fri 05/31 6am 1-2ft 1.7ft 8s 250.83° 0.4ft 15s 0.2ft 12s 10 16 mph Sunny 52°f 80%
9am 1ft 2ft 3s 249.81° 0.4ft 14s 0.3ft 11s 11 16 mph Cloudy 55°f 80%
Noon 1-2ft 1.9ft 4s 252.55° 0.9ft 8s 0.4ft 14s 15 21 mph Fair 57°f 67%
3pm 1-2ft 1.2ft 8s 259.39° 2ft 4s 0.4ft 14s 13 17 mph Fair 59°f 67%
6pm 1-2ft 1.1ft 8s 261.55° 2ft 4s 0.5ft 11s 13 17 mph Fair 59°f 75%
9pm 1-2ft 1.2ft 10s 261.48° 2ft 4s 0.4ft 14s 11 17 mph Clear 54°f 75%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 4:38AM 2.9ft
High 10:32AM 11.8ft
Low 5:03PM 3ft
High 11:04PM 11.7ft
First Light 4:36AM
Sunrise 5:21AM
Sunset 9:45PM
Last Light 10:30PM

Extended Surf Forecast for Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Area
Sat 06/01 12am 1-2ft 1.5ft 7s 250.57° 0.6ft 13s 0.9ft 10s 12 19 mph Clear 50°f 77%
3am 2ft 1.7ft 10s 256.87° 0.6ft 13s   11 17 mph Clear 48°f 77%
Sat 06/01 6am 1-2ft 1.3ft 10s 268.9° 1.1ft 4s   10 16 mph Sunny 48°f 85%
9am 2ft 1.7ft 10s 260.31° 0.6ft 13s   10 13 mph Sunny 52°f 85%
Noon 2ft 1.7ft 10s 260.88° 0.6ft 13s 0.4ft 2s 11 14 mph Fair 55°f 76%
3pm 2-3ft 1.9ft 10s 264.32° 0.6ft 13s 0.4ft 2s 13 15 mph Fair 57°f 76%
6pm 1-2ft 1.4ft 9s 268.33° 1.3ft 5s 1ft 3s 13 16 mph Fair 57°f 90%
9pm 2-3ft 2ft 9s 263.17° 0.6ft 13s 1.2ft 3s 17 20 mph Mostly Clear 52°f 90%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 5:39AM 3.6ft
High 11:33AM 11.1ft
Low 6:09PM 3.6ft
First Light 4:35AM
Sunrise 5:21AM
Sunset 9:46PM
Last Light 10:32PM
Sun 06/02 12am 2-3ft 2ft 9s 264.32° 0.5ft 13s 1.5ft 3s 5 8 mph Mostly Clear 50°f 80%
3am 1-2ft 1.9ft 8s 265.46° 0.5ft 13s 1.5ft 3s 5 8 mph Mostly Clear 50°f 80%
Sun 06/02 6am 1-2ft 1.7ft 9s 265.46° 0.5ft 13s 1.4ft 3s 5 8 mph Fair 50°f 65%
9am 1-2ft 1.6ft 9s 265.46° 0.4ft 13s 1.3ft 3s 5 8 mph Fair 50°f 65%
Noon 1-2ft 1.5ft 8s 265.46° 0.4ft 12s 1.3ft 3s 5 8 mph Fair 50°f 65%
3pm 1-2ft 1.5ft 8s 266.03° 0.8ft 3s 0.7ft 4s 13 16 mph Fair 54°f 65%
6pm 1-2ft 1.4ft 9s 266.61° 0.3ft 12s 0.9ft 4s 13 16 mph Fair 54°f 55%
9pm 1-2ft 1.4ft 9s 267.18° 0.3ft 12s 1ft 2s 13 16 mph Mostly Clear 54°f 55%
Tide and daylight times for
High 12:10AM 11.1ft
Low 6:48AM 4.1ft
High 12:43PM 10.6ft
Low 7:22PM 4ft
First Light 4:34AM
Sunrise 5:20AM
Sunset 9:47PM
Last Light 10:33PM
Mon 06/03 12am 1-2ft 1.3ft 9s 267.18° 0.3ft 12s 1.7ft 3s 9 14 mph Brief Showers 52°f 71%
3am 1-2ft 1.2ft 9s 267.18° 0.3ft 12s 3ft 5s 9 14 mph Brief Showers 52°f 71%
Mon 06/03 6am 1ft 1ft 9s 267.18° 0.3ft 12s 4ft 6s 9 14 mph Brief Showers 52°f 62%
9am 1ft 0.9ft 9s 267.75° 0.2ft 12s 4.5ft 6s 9 14 mph Brief Showers 52°f 62%
Noon 1ft 0.9ft 9s 268.33° 0.2ft 12s 5ft 6s 9 14 mph Brief Showers 52°f 64%
3pm 1ft 0.8ft 8s 268.9° 0.2ft 12s 5ft 7s 15 20 mph Brief Showers 55°f 64%
6pm 1ft 0.7ft 8s 269.47° 0.2ft 18s 5ft 7s 15 20 mph Brief Showers 55°f 49%
9pm 1ft 0.6ft 8s 270.05° 0.2ft 18s 4.5ft 7s 15 20 mph Brief Showers 55°f 49%
Tide and daylight times for
High 1:24AM 10.7ft
Low 8:02AM 4.2ft
High 1:59PM 10.6ft
Low 8:35PM 3.9ft
First Light 4:33AM
Sunrise 5:19AM
Sunset 9:48PM
Last Light 10:34PM
Tue 06/04 12am 1ft 0.6ft 8s 269.47° 0.2ft 12s 4ft 6s 20 35 mph Showers 54°f N/A

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