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Skerries Sailing Club. Photo: Geyo John, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Skerries Sailing Club

Sailing spot · Ireland

Is it worth the trip?

67Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: 11 kn gusting 15, side-onshore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 97 out of 100

Wind
NE 11 knF4
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Wind
ENE 14 knF4
Gusts
20kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 45 out of 100

Wind
E 16 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 17 knF5
Gusts
24kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 54 out of 100

Wind
ESE 8 knF3
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 knF3
Gusts
11kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

Wind
WSW 11 knF4
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
10°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 197, good
  2. Mon 297, good
  3. Tue 389, good
  4. Wed 489, good
  5. Thu 577, good
  6. Fri 654, fair
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 888, good
  9. Mon 945, fair
  10. Tue 1088, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 13 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Skerries Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov97, goodwind from the north, 13 knotsF419knsidechop12°C
Mon 2Nov97, goodwind from the north-east, 11 knotsF415knside-onflat12°C
Tue 3Nov89, goodwind from the east-north-east, 14 knotsF420knonchop12°C
Wed 4Nov89, goodwind from the east, 16 knotsF422knonchop12°C
Thu 5Nov77, goodwind from the east-south-east, 17 knotsF524knonchop11°C
Fri 6Nov54, fairwind from the east-south-east, 8 knotsF312knside-onchop11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 7 knotsF311knonflat11°C
Sun 8Nov88, goodwind from the west-south-west, 11 knotsF415knoffnot safeflat10°C
Mon 9Nov45, fairwind from the south-west, 8 knotsF315knoffnot safeflat10°C
Tue 10Nov88, goodwind from the west-south-west, 11 knotsF415knoffnot safeflat10°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 03:24 +1.4 mLow 09:21 −1.4 mHigh 15:43 +1.6 mLow 22:06 −1.7 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:43 +1.2 mLow 10:30 −1.2 mHigh 17:01 +1.5 mLow 23:20 −1.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:05 +1.2 mLow 11:45 −1.2 mHigh 18:19 +1.5 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Skerries Sailing Club

Martello Tower on Red Island in Skerries, from The Strand at high tide
Photo: Piers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Martello Tower on Red Island in Skerries, from The Strand at low tide
Photo: Piers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Skerries South Beach
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Skerries Sailing Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces E, so wind from the W blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.3 km out (1 in 128). The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 15°C in July, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). The town to stay in is Skerries.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,080–US$2,040 each

about US$1,080–US$2,040 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to DUB, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$422–US$878
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$288–US$482
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,040

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Skerries

Closest

Skerries

1 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Skerries · Booking.com

About Skerries its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 12h 30m

About 12h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DUB, direct, then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.