Wicklow station · live
Fish today, 23:00 to 00:00.
The highest-scoring hours of this tide, wind S 6 km/h. That is the band, the rest of the next 24 hours is a wait.
- Tide
- 17:10to high water, flooding
- Wind
- S 6 km/hLight
- Swell
- 0.3mSmall
- Sea temp
- 16°CComfortable
Tide curve for the next 24 hours
- Best window23:00 to 00:00
- High water17:10· 2.5m
- Low water23:25· 0.8m
- High water06:10· 2.3m
Times are Dublin clock on the Wicklow station (about 18 min ahead of Dublin Port). Drag across the curve to scrub time and height.
Seven days out.
Each day is the best mark on the coast, scored by the same engine as the plan on that day's peak wind and swell. 7 of 7 days score well. The call on the day uses hourly wind and can be kinder.
Conditions fit, not a catch probability. It rates the day against the mark, not the fish.
Tap a day for high water. Bars are coast day scores, not the per-mark verdict on the plan.
Wind sets the shape of the session.
Pick any sector. The rose is the reference table for how each compass direction fishes this coast, with the current wind sitting in it. Wind is the heaviest single factor in the score at 40%, with tide and season carrying the rest.
Southerly
GoodDecent beach fishing conditions, especially on more southerly Wicklow marks.
Sector guide for wind direction only, not the session verdict. Tide and season can still carry a day when the sector looks weak.
Where the numbers come from.
Live heights from the Irish National Tide Gauge Network where a physical gauge exists. Wicklow itself stays a modelled prediction, plotted here so you can see the offset you are trusting.
- Live physical gauge
- Modelled prediction
- Metres above chart datum (LAT) · updated 3 Oct, 11:28
Why the tide does what it does.
Read this twiceWicklow Times
Wicklow is about 18 minutes ahead of Dublin Port. Always use the Wicklow station as your reference; applying Dublin times directly will put you on the beach at the wrong state of tide.
How tides work: springs, neaps, flood, ebb and slack
Twice a monthSpring Tides
Occur around new and full moon, twice a month. Highest high water, lowest low water, strongest currents. Excellent for smoothhound and bass as the big tide moves more bait.
Quarter moonsNeap Tides
Around the quarter moons. Tidal range at minimum, currents weaker. Generally better for rock and pier fishing, safer access and easier to hold bottom with lighter leads.
Low to highFlood Tide
The flooding tide rises from low toward high water. The first two hours of the flood are most productive, bass and flatfish move up onto feeding grounds as the water rises.
High to lowEbb Tide
Falls from high toward low water. On steep shingle beaches like Greystones South, the south-running ebb creates the challenging conditions that define match fishing there.
Either endSlack Water
Brief period of minimal current around high and low water. Flatfish (flounder, dab) often bite better at slack. Rock and pier fishing is physically easier. Most other species prefer moving water.
Weather and swell: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Tide predictions and gauges: Marine Institute ERDDAP (CC BY 4.0). Assistive only, confirm with Met Éireann before you go. Cross-check Met ÉireannMarine InstituteWindguruSurfline.
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