Clogherhead, Ireland

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Skerries, 25 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DUB (DUB), 41 km.

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About Clogherhead

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (113°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (293°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.1 km out (1 in 114). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually October and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Skerries, 25 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DUB (DUB), 41 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 12 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to DUB, direct. About 26 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Clogherhead.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Skerries, 25 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DUB (DUB), 41 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Clogherhead, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	5, too small	under 1 ft2 s	0kJ	wind from the north-west, 7 knots, offshore	11°C
Mon 19Oct	7, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 13 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	2, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	13°C
Wed 21Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 18 knots, offshore	11°C
Thu 22Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft2 s	0kJ	wind from the south-west, 11 knots	12°C
Fri 23Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the north-west, 19 knots, offshore	10°C
Sat 24Oct	1, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south, 17 knots	13°C
Sun 25Oct	2, too small	under 1 ft5 s	1kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 29 knots, offshore	11°C
Mon 26Oct	1, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 13 knots	11°C
Tue 27Oct	5, too small	1 ft7 smushy	6kJ	wind from the west, 30 knots, offshore	11°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 1h by road. About 12h 50 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: under 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 1h by road. About 12h 50 door to door

Rough cost

About £815–£1,560 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to DUB, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£370–£770
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£95–£155
Total		£815–£1,560

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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