Kilcummin, Ireland

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Strandhill, 40 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: NOC (NOC), 48 km.

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About Kilcummin

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

The spot faces NE (31°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (211°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 6–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 6). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 9°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Strandhill, 40 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: NOC (NOC), 48 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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 15 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dublin Airport (DUB), direct. About 26 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 4 h from the airport to Kilcummin.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Strandhill, 40 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: NOC (NOC), 48 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Kilcummin, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	23, too small	3 ft10 shollow	167kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots, offshore	12°C
Mon 19Oct	35, too small	5 ft11 shollow	594kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots, offshore	12°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	5 ft10 shollow	436kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 18 knots	13°C
Wed 21Oct	31, poor	7 ft9 shollow	891kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	38, fair	6 ft9 shollow	419kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots, offshore	11°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	6 ft10 shollow	659kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 26 knots	11°C
Sat 24Oct	44, fair	8 ft9 shollow	939kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, offshore	12°C
Sun 25Oct	27, too small	6 ft12 shollow	910kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 16 knots, offshore	11°C
Mon 26Oct	64, good	8 ft9 shollow	956kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 21 knots, offshore	12°C
Tue 27Oct	35, too small	6 ft7 shollow	282kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 18 knots, offshore	10°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 4h by road. About 15h 50 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Kilcummin
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Kilcummin
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 20 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Kilcummin
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 4h by road. About 15h 50 door to door

Rough cost

About £855–£1,625 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
Hire car	6 days, shared	£110–£180
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£95–£155
Total		£855–£1,625

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

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