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Today at Trá Fhormaoileach: Good for swimming — 75/100 for expert level. Wind 3 kn E · Tide -1.1 to 0.2 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Trá Fhormaoileach: 1.4m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 14°C / 57°F.
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Trá Fhormaoileach faces N. For swimming how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 3 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Trá Fhormaoileach clears 60/100 for swimming at Advanced, Expert levels — 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, Trá Fhormaoileach ranks 20th 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.
A remote, uncrowded sandy beach on a north-facing bay, part of a long continuous strand, with no organised services or lifeguard. Sandy-bottom beach break with left and right waves, mellow and beginner-friendly, fed by rolling Atlantic swells; best with suitable wind and low tide, as little sand remains at high water. No formal access bans found; parking is limited. Rip currents are noted as strong along this beach system.
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Wind at Trá Fhormaoileach today: 3 kn E (gusting 18 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 Trá Fhormaoileach today: 1.7 m, 14 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.
For beginners, Trá Fhormaoileach scores 52/100 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.
Trá Fhormaoileach 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.
Trá Fhormaoileach is a coastal location near Kilcummin 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 Trá Fhormaoileach, 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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