Dún Laoghaire West Pier
- SW wind
- 18km/h
- swell
- 0.4m
- bass minimum
- 42cm
How did it go?
Not verified · no fact on this mark has a dated check yet
Hazards: not checked on site. Assume the worst footing and tide cut-off, and read the hazard notes below as a starting point.
Access: restricted. Council notice (11 May 2026): access may be restricted. Check on arrival. Fishing permission: not checked.
Source: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, news item "Significant damage to West Pier Roundhead prompts emergency repairs", 11 May 2026, read 7 October 2026, evidence level 1.
Can I fish Dublin Bay today? The conditions check
Conditions check. A fishing call comes with the Session Engine, now in testing.
Can you fish it now?
Hard work
- A Status Yellow Met Éireann weather warning is in force for the Dublin coast, so the band is no better than hard work.
- SW wind 18 km/h now: easy on sustained wind.
- Gusts 29 km/h do not make it worse.
Tide and light windows, next 24 hours
- Tomorrow 09:10 – 12:40, Over high water in daylight: Too roughS wind 31 km/h over tomorrow 09:10 – 12:40: hard work on sustained wind.
- Tomorrow 21:25 – Tuesday 00:55, Over high water after dark: Too roughS wind 45 km/h over tomorrow 21:25 – Tuesday 00:55: too rough on sustained wind.
Tides, next 24 hours
- Low water tomorrow 04:25, 0.6 m
- High water tomorrow 11:10, 4.1 m
- Low water tomorrow 16:40, 0.7 m
- High water tomorrow 23:25, 4.3 m
Light, Sunday 25 October
- Sunrise 07:08
- Sunset 17:07
In season this month
Marks by type, north to south
Listed by type because no shore bearing is verified yet; shelter from the day’s wind is not claimed.
Beaches : Caution
A Met Éireann yellow warning covers this coast for the time judged. Waves 0.4 m, under the beach caution threshold. Judged on forecast figures, evidence level 1: not checked on site.
- Malahide Estuary: Bass, Flounder, Sea Trout Not verified yet
- Portmarnock Velvet Strand: Flounder, Bass, Smoothhound Not verified yet
- Dollymount Strand: Bass, Flounder, Dab Not verified yet
- Sandymount Strand: Bass, Flounder, Dab Not verified yet
Piers and harbour walls : Caution
A Met Éireann yellow warning covers this coast for the time judged. Waves 0.4 m, under the pier caution threshold. Judged on forecast figures, evidence level 1: not checked on site.
- Balbriggan Harbour: Mackerel, Grey Mullet, Flounder Not verified yet
- Skerries Harbour: Mackerel, Pollack, Whiting Not verified yet
- Loughshinny: Mackerel, Coalfish, Codling Not verified yet
- Howth East Pier: Mackerel, Pollack, Coalfish Not verified yet
- Howth West Pier: Mackerel, Flounder, Dab Not verified yet
- North Bull Wall: Flounder, Dab, Dogfish Not verified yet
- Poolbeg South Wall: Mackerel, Pollack, Conger Eel Not verified yet
- Dún Laoghaire East Pier: Mackerel, Pollack, Garfish Not verified yet
- Dún Laoghaire West Pier: Dab, Whiting, Codling Not verified yet
- Coliemore Harbour: Codling, Pollack, Coalfish Not verified yet
Rock marks : Caution
A Met Éireann yellow warning covers this coast for the time judged. Waves 0.4 m. A rock mark is never clear until two wave models agree below the threshold: caution. Judged on forecast figures, evidence level 1: not checked on site.
- Balscadden Bay: Pollack, Coalfish, Wrasse Not verified yet, Hazards not checked on site
- Red Rock, Sutton: Bass, Flounder, Dab Not verified yet, Hazards not checked on site
Rules for the species in season
- Bass: Retention allowed, 42 cm. Rules checked 2026-06-29
- Pollack: Retention allowed, No statutory minimum. Rules checked 2026-09-30