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Keel, Ireland

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Keel Town, Beach & Lake (-0298)
Keel. Photo: ParaDara, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Keel

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

The spot faces SW (208°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (28°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 5–18 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 850 m out (1 in 83). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Keel, 1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to NOC, changing at LHR.

    See flights ORD → NOC · Skyscanner from about £365 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 2 h 05 from the airport to Keel, 109 km.

    By bus: Bus Éireann. Time from the published timetables, on a weekday.

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  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Keel · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Keel · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct114 ft7 smushy131kJ12°C
Mon 19Oct407 ft11 smushy1,104kJ11°C
Tue 20Oct116 ft10 smushy650kJ12°C
Wed 21Oct239 ft9 smushy1,373kJ11°C
Thu 22Oct418 ft9 ssoft884kJ11°C
Fri 23Oct1910 ft10 ssoft1,723kJ11°C
Sat 24Oct149 ft10 smushy1,306kJ13°C
Sun 25Oct33 ft12 smushy235kJ11°C
Mon 26Oct229 ft9 smushy1,073kJ11°C
Tue 27Oct126 ft9 smushy590kJ10°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to NOC, changing at LHR, then 2h 05 by road (or about 3h 55 by bus, one change, 3 a day). About 18h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Keel

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Dugort

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to NOC, changing at LHR, then 2h 05 by road (or about 3h 55 by bus, one change, 3 a day). About 18h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Keel each day: Dugort, Keel, Keel strand , Achill island.

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Rough cost

About £1,110–£2,040 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to NOC, estimated from distance and season, changing at LHR, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£365–£755
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£110–£180
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£260–£430
Food7 days eating out£245–£455
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£95–£155
Total£1,110–£2,040

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

Places to eat near Keel

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

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