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Today at Carrowmore Beach: Good for kayaking — 79/100 for expert level. Wind 4 kn SE · Tide -1.1 to 0.3 m. Best window around 04:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Carrowmore Beach: 0.4m waves with light offshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 14°C / 57°F.
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Carrowmore Beach faces NW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For kayaking that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is offshore at 4 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for kayaking.
Over the published window Carrowmore Beach clears 60/100 for kayaking at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Carrowmore Beach ranks 7th for kayaking. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
An 850 m sheltered sandy beach facing north-north-west onto a bay, backed by machair dunes. A gradual, shallow entry makes it a popular family beach for swimming and paddling. The beach break is infrequent, working mainly in winter on a west groundswell with a south offshore wind; summer is typically flat. Holds Blue Flag status; dogs must be leashed. Temporary bathing bans have occurred due to water-quality issues. Seasonal lifeguards patrol in summer.
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Wind at Carrowmore Beach today: 4 kn SE (gusting 10 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kayaking conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Carrowmore Beach today: 0.5 m, 10 s period from N, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for kayaking at Carrowmore Beach today is around 11:00 UTC, when conditions score 76/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Carrowmore Beach scores 90/100 today for surfing — Epic!. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Carrowmore Beach is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Carrowmore Beach is a coastal location near Louisburgh in Ireland. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Carrowmore Beach, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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