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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert Intermediate

Spot

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Doonbeg castle10.1 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Doonbeg, 1 kmNeeds 5 ft+

3 ft150 kJ

6 ft755 kJ

5 ft415 kJ

8 ft1081 kJ

7 ft762 kJ

6 ft679 kJ

8 ft1133 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Doonbeg castle, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	14, too small	3 ft10 shollow	150kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	42, fair	6 ft11 shollow	755kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	39, fair	5 ft10 shollow	415kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	22, poor	8 ft10 scrumbling	1,081kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 17 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	37, fair	7 ft9 scrumbling	762kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	12, poor	6 ft9 smushy	679kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 26 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	49, good	8 ft10 scrumbling	1,133kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, offshore	14°C

Doughmore13 kmabout 25 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft200 kJ

6 ft732 kJ

6 ft576 kJ

10 ft1457 kJ

9 ft1111 kJ

7 ft732 kJ

10 ft1605 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Doughmore, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	51, good	4 ft9 ssoft	200kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 ssoft	732kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 ssoft	576kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	10 ft9 smushy	1,457kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 18 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 ssoft	1,111kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	9°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 smushy	732kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 23 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	10 ft10 ssoft	1,605kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	13°C

Kilkee0.9 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 3 ft+

4 ft230 kJ

6 ft903 kJ

6 ft687 kJ

11 ft1805 kJ

10 ft1354 kJ

8 ft859 kJ

11 ft1887 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Kilkee, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	50, good	4 ft9 ssoft	230kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, offshore	13°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 ssoft	903kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 ssoft	687kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	11°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	11 ft9 smushy	1,805kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 19 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	10 ft9 ssoft	1,354kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 smushy	859kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 24 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	11 ft9 ssoft	1,887kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	14°C

Killard10.1 kmabout 20 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

4 ft233 kJ

6 ft867 kJ

6 ft645 kJ

10 ft1675 kJ

10 ft1266 kJ

8 ft1100 kJ

8 ft1124 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Killard, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	17, too small	4 ft9 scrumbling	233kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	45, fair	6 ft11 scrumbling	867kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	44, fair	6 ft10 scrumbling	645kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots, offshore	12°C
Wed 21Oct	24, poor	10 ft10 scrumbling	1,675kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 17 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	39, fair	10 ft9 scrumbling	1,266kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	14, poor	8 ft9 smushy	1,100kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 26 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	62, good	8 ft10 scrumbling	1,124kJ	wind from the south-west, 21 knots, offshore	14°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