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Today at Bunmahon Beach: Epic! for windsurfing — 90/100 for expert level. Wind 16 kn E · Waves 0.7 m, 8 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.4 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Bunmahon Beach: 0.5m waves with strong cross-shore wind. Windsurfing looks Excellent in the midday, with Kite Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 14°C / 57°F.
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Bunmahon Beach faces S, and that aspect decides whether the day's wind arrives clean off the water or broken up by the land — which matters more for windsurfing than the forecast speed alone.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 16 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic windsurfing direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Bunmahon Beach clears 60/100 for windsurfing at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 10 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Bunmahon Beach ranks 3rd for windsurfing. 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 sandy beach backed by dunes within a coastal Geopark, facing south with a powerful, river-mouth beach break producing lefts and rights best suited to intermediate and advanced surfers. Strong rip currents, particularly near the river mouth, make it one of the more hazardous beaches on this coast. Seasonal lifeguard cover runs weekends in June and daily July-August; swim only between flags. Surf is best around mid-tide. Dogs prohibited 11am-7pm in summer.
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Wind at Bunmahon Beach today: 16 kn E (gusting 30 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects windsurfing 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 Bunmahon Beach today: 0.7 m, 8 s period from SW, 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 windsurfing at Bunmahon Beach today is around 15:00 UTC, when conditions score 82/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Bunmahon Beach scores 85/100 today for surfing — Excellent. 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.
Bunmahon 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.
Bunmahon Beach is a coastal location near Bunmahon 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 Bunmahon 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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