📷 nearby coast · Javier Mediavilla Ezquibela · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
📷 nearby coast
WHITE STRAND, MILTOWN MALBAY
In Ireland · near University of Galway Sub-Aqua Club, H.M.S. Martin.
Conditions last modeled 86.2h ago · water —
Sunset in
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Full moon
10.7d
Tide range
normal
15/100
Sunset Score
Dull sky · 16:46
- High / mid cloud 100% — heavy, may dull it
- Low cloud / horizon 99% low cloud — likely to block the sunset
- Haze / aerosol Low — clean, saturated colour
- Seaward horizon Verified open against the coastline — the sun sets over open water
- Beach aspect Side-on to the sunset — better from a west-facing spot nearby
Dull sky unlikely · modeled 15/100 · not a promise · confidence: high
32/100
Sun & Tan
Marginal beach-sun day
- Sky Cloudy · little direct sun
- Warmth 7° — cool for lying out
- UV peak (10:00) 0.4 — low
☀️ Low UV — minimal burn risk; a hat is plenty.
modeled forecast · UV + cloud + temperature · confidence: high · modeled forecast · not medical advice
Sunset Score & Sun & Tan from the daily sky cache · refreshed 2h ago — Open-Meteo free tier, no per-view fetch.
Water
pending
seasonal · 86.2h ago
Swell / Wind
0.22m · 4.7kn
seasonal · 86.2h ago
Sunset
16:46 local
dull sky modeled
Tide
13:08 low -1.27m
next low · modeled (FES2014)
Your beach log — starts at 0, fills with your real check-ins
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Visits here
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Sunsets seen here
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Beaches explored
0
Days on the coast
0
Species spotted
0
Cleanups logged
Your Ocean Soul curates this beach:
Today's best windows
When the water suits each activity — hourly conditions + the tide curve. Forecast — never a promise.
DawnMiddayAfternoonDuskNight
Next low tide 13:08 (local) — tide-pool + easy-entry window. Tide prediction (next from now) — Open-Meteo · FES2014-based (modeled), refreshed daily. Times local.
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Not in a marine reserve on our map
Not inside a marine reserve on our map — still tread lightly. Checked against our marine-protected-area map.
In season near here
Likely around this coast this month, from Ocean Highways — coarsened. Possible, never promised.
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Leatherback
MiCO meta-site for Leatherback (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach
🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Sperm Whale
MiCO meta-site for Sperm Whale (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach
Sunset Mode
Tonight's time, the vividness forecast, and where to be.
Tonight · sets at
16:46 local
- Sunset Score 15 / 100 — Dull
- Golden hour 15:51 – 16:46
- Best west-facing spot University of Galway Sub-Aqua Club (51.8km)
- Source computed astronomy + CAMS aerosol + cloud
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Water & safety: We don't have an official feed or a recent satellite pass here — treat this as unknown, not safe. · algal-bloom proxy: No recent ocean-colour pass. We can't tell you whether it's safe to get in, call the currents, or vouch for marine life — mind the local flags/lifeguard and your own limits. This panel is informational; it never makes a safety call.
Beachfront eat & drink
Venue names free from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Photos, hours & booking come from a licensed provider — a later phase, credited then.
No mapped beachfront venues here yet (OpenStreetMap) — nothing invented.
Plan your trip
🏨 Stays near Ireland
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What's on around the water
Computed = certain. We never invent an event. (Feed + community events arrive with later phases.)
10.7d
Full moonComputed
Brightest tides + moonlit beach walks around then (full moon = bright sky).
25.4d
Dark-moon nightsComputed
Moonless nights ahead — the best chance for bioluminescence where it occurs (computed, not a sighting promise).
16:46
Tonight’s sunsetComputed
Modeled sky dull (15/100).
Your badges
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Live cams near here
Publicly-listed cams within ~60 km — link-outs only. We never embed or restream a third-party feed.
live cam
The Big Brother Kestrel Box on Cloudforest One
open live cam ↗ · link-out only — never embedded or restreamed
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PR#2 live-data slice. Sunset Score & Sun & Tan are modeled forecasts — labeled, not promises or medical advice — served from a daily governed cache (no per-view fetch). Conditions: Conditions & sky: Open-Meteo (modeled, CC-BY 4.0) · Aerosol: Copernicus CAMS · Wildlife: Ocean Highways (MiCO CC-BY / OBIS / GBIF / IUCN) · Protected areas: ProtectedSeas · Inventory: OSM (ODbL) / Wikidata (CC0) · Live cams: link-outs (Windy Webcams + verified aggregators) — never embedded or restreamed. Local times are shown in each beach’s own timezone (IANA tz lookup). Tides are real hi/lo predictions (CO-OPS sensor / Open-Meteo FES2014-based, modeled). Beach orientation + open-water-sunset derived from the GSHHG coastline. Hero photo (where shown): free CC, Wikimedia Commons — credited; illustrated otherwise, never faked. Live cam, restaurant photos, sign-in, comments, check-ins and busy-ness arrive in later phases — shown as "pending", never guessed. Nothing stored in your browser.