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Today at Aughris Beach: Good for swimming — 75/100 for expert level. Wind 5 kn SE · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Aughris Beach: 1.4m waves with light cross-shore wind. Surfing looks Epic! in the midday, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 14°C / 57°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
Today plus the next two days are free for everyone — scored in 3-hour windows, just like the app. The full 8-day forecast lives in the 4Shor app.
Aughris Beach faces NE, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives swimming the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 5 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Aughris Beach clears 60/100 for swimming at Expert level — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Aughris Beach ranks 19th for swimming. 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.
Two breaks share this headland: a sheltered, north-facing sandy beach producing mellower peeling waves that wrap in during winter swell, and an exposed rock-and-reef break on the far side of the headland with powerful, sometimes hollow waves for advanced surfers only. The sandy side also supports swimming, SUP, kayaking, and fishing from a nearby pier. No lifeguards patrol either side, and no Blue Flag or bathing-water monitoring status applies here.
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Wind at Aughris Beach today: 5 kn SE (gusting 12 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects swimming 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 Aughris Beach today: 1.4 m, 13 s period from NW, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
For beginners, Aughris Beach scores 54/100 today for surfing — Okay. 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.
Aughris 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.
Aughris Beach is a coastal location near Aughris Head 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 Aughris 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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