Kilkee beach — Kilkee. Photo: Chris Gorringe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Kilkee

Kilkee is a town in County Clare, Ireland. From Kilkee you can reach 4 surf spots and 1 dive site. The nearest is Kilkee, a surf spot 0.9 km from the centre. Overture lists 13 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is SNN, 49 km away.

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Staying in Kilkee

13 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: SNN, 49 km, KIR, 56 km, Cork International Airport (ORK), 122 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert 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 Kilkee 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.

Spot

Mon 19

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Doughmore13 kmabout 25 min by car

7 ft968 kJ

6 ft650 kJ

10 ft1488 kJ

8 ft884 kJ

8 ft1207 kJ

7 ft893 kJ

12 ft2416 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Doughmore, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	59, good	7 ft11 ssoft	968kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 20Oct	56, good	6 ft10 ssoft	650kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	19, poor	10 ft10 smushy	1,488kJ	wind from the west, 11 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	70, good	8 ft9 ssoft	884kJ	wind from the east, 17 knots, offshore	10°C
Fri 23Oct	14, poor	8 ft10 smushy	1,207kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 23 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	59, good	7 ft10 ssoft	893kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore	11°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	12 ft10 smushy	2,416kJ	wind from the west, 19 knots	12°C

Kilkee0.9 kmabout 5 min by car

7 ft1158 kJ

7 ft769 kJ

11 ft1800 kJ

9 ft1194 kJ

8 ft1334 kJ

8 ft1024 kJ

13 ft2446 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Kilkee, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	60, good	7 ft11 ssoft	1,158kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	61, good	7 ft10 ssoft	769kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	22, poor	11 ft9 smushy	1,800kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	56, good	9 ft9 ssoft	1,194kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, offshore	10°C
Fri 23Oct	13, poor	8 ft10 smushy	1,334kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 24 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	69, good	8 ft10 ssoft	1,024kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore	11°C
Sun 25Oct	31, poor	13 ft9 ssoft	2,446kJ	wind from the south-west, 6 knots	12°C

Doonbeg castle10.1 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Doonbeg, 1 km

6 ft701 kJ

5 ft464 kJ

8 ft1038 kJ

7 ft718 kJ

7 ft924 kJ

9 ft1333 kJ

9 ft1473 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Doonbeg castle, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	37, fair	6 ft11 shollow	701kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	40, fair	5 ft10 shollow	464kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	24, poor	8 ft10 scrumbling	1,038kJ	wind from the west, 15 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	39, fair	7 ft9 scrumbling	718kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	11, poor	7 ft10 smushy	924kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 27 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	63, good	9 ft10 scrumbling	1,333kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	12°C
Sun 25Oct	40, fair	9 ft10 scrumbling	1,473kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	13°C

Killard10.1 kmabout 20 min by car

6 ft692 kJ

6 ft666 kJ

9 ft1437 kJ

9 ft1200 kJ

9 ft1509 kJ

11 ft2027 kJ

12 ft2296 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Killard, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	42, fair	6 ft11 scrumbling	692kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	36, fair	6 ft10 scrumbling	666kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	27, poor	9 ft9 scrumbling	1,437kJ	wind from the west, 15 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	39, fair	9 ft9 scrumbling	1,200kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	12, poor	9 ft10 smushy	1,509kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 27 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	56, good	11 ft9 scrumbling	2,027kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	12°C
Sun 25Oct	38, fair	12 ft9 scrumbling	2,296kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	13°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Kilkee, 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).

Dive near Kilkee

H.M.S. Martin 1.8 km · stays here

Places to eat near Kilkee

Happy Harbour Chinese Restaurant & Takeaway KilkeeChinese · 0.4 km from the centre
Harris's RestaurantSeafood · 0.4 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Kilkee, Ireland