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RNLI Lifeboat Station Dunmore East Co. Waterford May 2025
Dunmore East, the nearest town. Photo: Ojsyork, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Waterford Harbour Sailing Club House

Sailing spot · Ireland

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 97 out of 100

Wind
ENE 12 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 97 out of 100

Wind
ENE 15 knF4
Gusts
20kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 48 out of 100

Wind
ENE 14 knF4
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
12°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 14 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 96 out of 100

Wind
E 11 knF4
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Wind
NE 10 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 6 knF2
Gusts
13kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
9°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 189, good
  2. Mon 297, good
  3. Tue 397, good
  4. Wed 491, good
  5. Thu 596, good
  6. Fri 696, good
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 941, poor
  10. Tue 1093, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows 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 Waterford Harbour Sailing Club House
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov89, goodwind from the north-north-east, 12 knotsF416knoffnot safechop12°C
Mon 2Nov97, goodwind from the east-north-east, 12 knotsF417knsidechop12°C
Tue 3Nov97, goodwind from the east-north-east, 15 knotsF420knsidechop12°C
Wed 4Nov91, goodwind from the east-north-east, 14 knotsF419knside0.8 mwaves12°C
Thu 5Nov96, goodwind from the east, 14 knotsF422knsidechop11°C
Fri 6Nov96, goodwind from the east, 11 knotsF417knsidechop11°C
Sat 7Nov82, goodwind from the north-east, 10 knotsF315kncross-offflat11°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north, 6 knotsF213knoffnot safeflat9°C
Mon 9Nov41, poorwind from the east-south-east, 19 knotsF525knside-onflat12°C
Tue 10Nov93, goodwind from the south-west, 11 knotsF418knsidechop13°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 NovLow 03:19 −1.4 mHigh 09:31 +1.4 mLow 16:02 −1.2 mHigh 21:59 +1.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 04:27 −1.2 mHigh 10:40 +1.2 mLow 17:19 −1.0 mHigh 23:14 +0.9 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 05:47 −1.1 mHigh 12:02 +1.1 mLow 18:41 −1.0 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. Apr4of 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 and its town

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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Waterford Harbour Sailing Club House

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW 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 SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Dunmore East.

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$1,180–US$2,200 each

about US$1,180–US$2,200 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$288–US$482
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,180–US$2,200

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: Dunmore East

Closest

Dunmore East

1 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Dunmore East · Booking.com

About Dunmore East 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 14h 45m

About 14h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DUB, direct, then 2h 55m by road

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