Horses in training on Fanore Beach County Clare — Fanore. Photo: Martin Kerans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Fanore

Fanore is a town in County Clare, Ireland. From Fanore you can reach 4 surf spots. The nearest is Fanore, a surf spot 1.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is SNN, 52 km away.

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Staying in Fanore

5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: SNN, 52 km, NOC, 94 km, KIR, 105 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Fanore.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 3 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Fanore too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

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Sat 24

Fanore1.1 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft24 kJ

3 ft226 kJ

3 ft117 kJ

4 ft293 kJ

4 ft275 kJ

4 ft250 kJ

3 ft173 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Fanore, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	2 ft6 smushy	24kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	62, good	3 ft11 shollow	226kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 20Oct	26, too small	3 ft10 shollow	117kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	18, poor	4 ft10 smushy	293kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	66, good	4 ft9 shollow	275kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	10°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	4 ft9 smushy	250kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 26 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	22, poor	3 ft10 shollow	173kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	13°C

Aileens18 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Doolin, 5 km

4 ft233 kJ

7 ft958 kJ

6 ft626 kJ

10 ft1572 kJ

10 ft1290 kJ

4 ft375 kJ

10 ft1609 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Aileens, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	52, good	4 ft8 shollow	233kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 shollow	958kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 shollow	626kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	10 ft10 smushy	1,572kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 24 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	10 ft9 shollow	1,290kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	6, poor	4 ft11 smushy	375kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 31 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	10 ft9 shollow	1,609kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 18 knots	14°C

Doolin point13.5 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Doolin, 2 km

4 ft229 kJ

6 ft901 kJ

6 ft550 kJ

9 ft1407 kJ

9 ft1173 kJ

5 ft469 kJ

10 ft1439 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Doolin point, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	50, good	4 ft8 scrumbling	229kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 scrumbling	901kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	10°C
Tue 20Oct	11, poor	6 ft10 scrumbling	550kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	10°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 smushy	1,407kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 19 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 ssoft	1,173kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots	9°C
Fri 23Oct	5, poor	5 ft11 smushy	469kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 25 knots	10°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	10 ft9 ssoft	1,439kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	12°C

Crab Island13.6 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Doolin, 2 kmExperts only

4 ft120 kJ

7 ft882 kJ

5 ft468 kJ

7 ft613 kJ

9 ft1014 kJ

8 ft972 kJ

8 ft889 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Crab Island, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	23, too small	4 ft7 shollow	120kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	64, good	7 ft11 shollow	882kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots, offshore	10°C
Tue 20Oct	35, too small	5 ft10 shollow	468kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots, offshore	10°C
Wed 21Oct	18, poor	7 ft9 smushy	613kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	44, fair	9 ft9 shollow	1,014kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	9°C
Fri 23Oct	15, poor	8 ft9 smushy	972kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 23 knots	10°C
Sat 24Oct	31, poor	8 ft9 shollow	889kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	12°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Fanore, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Fanore, Ireland

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Where it is

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