Wicklow station · live
Flood tide in daylight, wind SW 4 km/h. That is the band, the rest of the next 24 hours is a wait.
Times are Dublin clock on the Wicklow station (about 21 min ahead of Dublin Port). Drag across the curve to scrub time and height.
Coast day score from wind, swell and daylight high water. 7 of 7 days score well. This is the coast as a whole, individual marks are scored on the plan.
Tap a day for high water. Score pills are coast day scores, not the per mark verdict on the plan.
Pick any sector. The rose is the reference table for how each compass direction fishes this coast, with the current wind sitting in it.
Ireland’s prevailing wind, and offshore on this coast, so it flattens the sea rather than building it.
Sector guide for wind direction only, not the session verdict. Tide and season can still carry a day when the sector looks weak.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wicklow is approximately 21 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.
Weather and swell: Open-Meteo (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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