Check the Beach

The Cove

County Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland

The Cove 1 photo

  • Arklow, Co Wicklow - Ireland

    Arklow, Co Wicklow - Ireland. Mic from Reading - Berkshire, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:11 pm
9 am
1.0
46 km/h29 mph wind, Poor
10 am
1.1
41 km/h25 mph wind, Poor
11 am
1.3
44 km/h27 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
1.7
41 km/h25 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
2.1
44 km/h27 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.9
44 km/h28 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
4.1
45 km/h28 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.3
39 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.9
38 km/h23 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
5.3
31 km/h19 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
9°C48°F
Water
13°C56°F
Wind
4125 km/hmph NW
Gusts
5635 km/hmph
Waves
1.5 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
100%
Sunset
6:11 pm
Today
1.0Poor9 am4629
1.1Poor10 am4125
1.3Poor11 am4427
1.7Poor12 pm4125
2.1Poor1 pm4427
3.9Poor2 pm4428
4.1Fair3 pm4528
4.3Fair4 pm3924
4.9Fair5 pm3823
5.3Fair6 pm3119
Sat
1.1Poor9 am4427
0.9Poor10 am5232
0.6Poor11 am5936
0.5Poor12 pm5937
0.5Poor1 pm4930
0.5Poor2 pm4629
0.9Poor3 pm4729
0.9Poor4 pm4125
1.0Poor5 pm4025
1.3Poor6 pm4428
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. Low at 10 am, -0.7 m. High at 7 pm, 0.2 m. Low at 3 am, -1.1 mLow 10 am, -0.7 m2 ftHigh 7 pm, 0.2 m<1 ftLow 3 am, -1.1 m4 ftNow12 pm6 pm12 am6 am
  • Low 10 am, -0.7 m2 ft
  • High 7 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
  • Low 3 am, -1.1 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 43 km/h27 mph, rain 2%
  • Mon2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 47 km/h29 mph, rain 78%
  • Tue3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 27%
  • Wed4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 12%
  • Thu4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h30 mph, rain 22%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 110 m350 ft. Listed as free

Getting there

Nearest town
2.1 km1.3 miArklow (town)
Nearest airport
79 km49 miKilkenny Airport (KKY)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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