DUBLIN BAY & COAST · Sat, 3 Oct
Dublin fishing today.
Yes. Go.
Dublin Bay is live, Bay weather and Dublin Port tide. Howth and Dún Laoghaire pier access is field-verified.
When to go
The day, hour by hour.
Excellent Good Mixed Poor Now
Where the Bay is working
Every mark, ranked north to south.
North Dublin
Balbriggan to Malahide, Fingal harbours, cove piers and open strand.
- LoughshinnyRanked 3 of 17. Conditions fit 74 at its best hour, Good.
- Skerries HarbourRanked 5 of 17. Conditions fit 73 at its best hour, Good.
- Balbriggan HarbourRanked 8 of 17. Conditions fit 71 at its best hour, Good.
- Portmarnock Velvet StrandRanked 9 of 17. Conditions fit 70 at its best hour, Good.
- Malahide EstuaryRanked 10 of 17. Conditions fit 69 at its best hour, Mixed.
Dublin Bay
Howth to Sandymount, piers, walls and open Bay sand on the Port clock.
- Balscadden BayToday’s pickRanked 1 of 17. Conditions fit 76 at its best hour, Good.
- Howth East PierRanked 2 of 17. Conditions fit 75 at its best hour, Good.
- Howth West PierRanked 6 of 17. Conditions fit 72 at its best hour, Good.
- Poolbeg South WallRanked 7 of 17. Conditions fit 72 at its best hour, Good.
- Sandymount StrandRanked 11 of 17. Conditions fit 69 at its best hour, Mixed.
- Dollymount StrandRanked 14 of 17. Conditions fit 63 at its best hour, Mixed.
- Red Rock, SuttonRanked 15 of 17. Conditions fit 63 at its best hour, Mixed.
- North Bull WallRanked 17 of 17. Conditions fit 62 at its best hour, Mixed.
South Dublin
Dún Laoghaire to Killiney, harbour walls, Dalkey harbour and Killiney Bay.
- Dún Laoghaire East PierRanked 4 of 17. Conditions fit 73 at its best hour, Good.
- Killiney BeachRanked 12 of 17. Conditions fit 66 at its best hour, Mixed.
- Coliemore HarbourRanked 13 of 17. Conditions fit 65 at its best hour, Mixed.
- Dún Laoghaire West PierRanked 16 of 17. Conditions fit 62 at its best hour, Mixed.
Why this mark
Balscadden Bay.
- Pollack
- Coalfish
- Wrasse
- Mackerel
Getting there
Start from the Balscadden car park northeast of Howth village and use the obvious public approaches. It is easier and lower than the more exposed Howth Head cliff marks, but it is still rock fishing, not a promenade pier. DART to Howth then walk or use local buses if travelling light. Avoid private gardens, closed cliff paths, and any scramble that turns the session into a rescue problem.
Watch out
Slippery rock, surge and cut-off ledges are the hazards. Avoid onshore swell, wet ledges below the splash line, and any cliff-edge stance. Wear boots with grip, carry less tackle, and move before the flood boxes you in. This guide does not cover boat trips to Ireland's Eye or private cliff approaches.
Tide note
Plan from Dublin Port tables. Bay scores use one Port-shifted clock for the whole coast, not a separate Howth minute. Rising water after low often concentrates fish in gullies and over ledges, but the flood also removes easy exits. Do not let a published tide window outrank the observed swell line on the rock.
Bay instruments
What the model is reading.
- Wind
- 8 km/h W
- Swell
- 0.2 m
- Significant wave
- Tide state
- first-flood
- Next extreme
- High 17:15
- Dublin Port (North Wall)
MORE DUBLIN
Browse the coast or dig into the hours.
Coast-band mark guides stay on the Dublin hub. The 72-hour matrix is optional detail, not the default call.