Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Liscannor, Munster, Ireland

The Cliffs of Moher form a long wall of dark shale above Atlantic surf, with sea stacks, receding cliff edges and passing rain adding scale and depth.

18 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 9, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Coastal Drama Score

32%

Wave Height1.4m

Swell Height0.9m

Wind Speed8.3m/s

Wind Gusts16.3m/s

Cloud Cover34%

Visibility59740

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Dublin

First upcoming window

Moderate Seascape

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 24:00–04:00 · 4h window

Low confidence

21%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45.4-47.2%

Wave Height: 3.1m

Swell Height: 0.9m

Wind Speed: 5.7m/s (moderate winds)

Wind Gusts: 9.1m/s

Dramatic Seascape

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 05:00–07:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:53.6-56.1%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Sunrise

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 07:00–09:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:52.2-54.1%

Low

Dramatic Seascape

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 09:00–16:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.4-60.8%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 17:00–18:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:54%

Low

Dramatic Seascape at Sunset

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 18:00–20:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:49.9-62.3%

Low

Dramatic Seascape

Cliffs of Moher

Mon, Oct 12 · 20:00–07:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.5-83.9%

Low

+11 more windows in the next 14 days

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/Dublin.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/Dublin)	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Primary Swell Height	Primary Wave Direction	Significant Wave Height	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Direction	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed	Wind Wave Height	Wind Wave Period
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 07:53 · Sunset 18:55
14:00	0%	34%	0%	0.89m	104°	1.4m	34%	276°	16m/s	8.3m/s	0.82m	9.6s
15:00	0%	65%	26%	0.84m	107°	1.3m	75%	268°	17m/s	8.4m/s	0.81m	9.5s
16:00	0%	100%	95%	0.79m	110°	1.3m	100%	274°	16m/s	8.1m/s	0.8m	9.4s
17:00	0%	10%	0%	0.76m	116°	1.2m	10%	284°	17m/s	8.7m/s	0.67m	9.4s
18:00	0%	82%	66%	0.73m	121°	1.1m	86%	290°	14m/s	7.3m/s	0.53m	9.4s
19:00 Night	0%	98%	94%	0.7m	126°	1m	99%	278°	14m/s	7.4m/s	0.4m	9.4s
20:00 Night	0%	100%	100%	0.68m	126°	0.95m	100%	282°	14m/s	7.2m/s	0.34m	9.4s
21:00 Night	0%	100%	64%	0.65m	127°	0.9m	100%	284°	14m/s	7.1m/s	0.29m	9.3s
22:00 Night	0%	5%	56%	0.63m	128°	0.85m	59%	292°	15m/s	7.6m/s	0.23m	9.3s
23:00 Night	0%	27%	0%	0.61m	132°	0.84m	30%	294°	14m/s	7.1m/s	0.25m	9.3s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 07:54 · Sunset 18:53
24:00 Night	0%	100%	92%	0.58m	135°	0.84m	100%	292°	13m/s	6.6m/s	0.28m	9.4s
01:00 Night	0%	1%	0%	0.56m	139°	0.83m	1%	306°	13m/s	6.8m/s	0.3m	9.4s
02:00 Night	0%	13%	0%	0.55m	139°	0.83m	13%	300°	14m/s	6.9m/s	0.31m	9.6s
03:00 Night	0%	100%	67%	0.54m	138°	0.83m	100%	306°	15m/s	7.7m/s	0.31m	9.9s
04:00 Night	0%	73%	0%	0.53m	138°	0.83m	74%	290°	11m/s	5.8m/s	0.32m	10s
05:00 Night	0%	73%	90%	0.52m	138°	0.83m	98%	312°	14m/s	7.1m/s	0.35m	10s
06:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.52m	138°	0.84m	0%	300°	13m/s	6.5m/s	0.39m	10s
07:00 Night	0%	98%	64%	0.51m	138°	0.84m	100%	296°	11m/s	5.7m/s	0.42m	10s
08:00	0%	54%	0%	0.5m	138°	0.83m	66%	300°	10m/s	5.3m/s	0.41m	10s
09:00	0%	70%	0%	0.5m	138°	0.82m	70%	300°	11m/s	5.3m/s	0.41m	10s
10:00	0%	45%	0%	0.49m	138°	0.81m	45%	294°	11m/s	5.6m/s	0.4m	10s
11:00	0%	38%	0%	0.51m	138°	0.82m	43%	290°	10m/s	5.4m/s	0.39m	9.9s
12:00	0%	100%	38%	0.52m	137°	0.83m	100%	290°	14m/s	7.1m/s	0.39m	9.8s
13:00	0%	73%	0%	0.54m	137°	0.84m	73%	302°	11m/s	5.3m/s	0.38m	9.7s
14:00	0%	27%	0%	0.58m	133°	0.87m	27%	288°	12m/s	6.1m/s	0.38m	9.2s
15:00	0%	86%	0%	0.63m	129°	0.89m	95%	304°	12m/s	6.1m/s	0.38m	8.6s
16:00	0%	30%	0%	0.67m	125°	0.92m	32%	288°	10m/s	5.3m/s	0.38m	8s
17:00	0%	100%	0%	0.72m	117°	0.95m	100%	284°	10m/s	5.1m/s	0.35m	7.6s
18:00	51%	87%	0%	0.77m	108°	0.97m	91%	276°	7.9m/s	3.9m/s	0.31m	7.2s
19:00 Night	99%	100%	0%	0.82m	100°	1m	100%	318°	7.5m/s	3.8m/s	0.28m	6.8s
20:00 Night	100%	68%	0%	0.81m	97°	0.99m	100%	328°	4.8m/s	2.4m/s	0.28m	6.7s
21:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	0.81m	95°	0.98m	100%	308°	3.1m/s	1.5m/s	0.27m	6.5s
22:00 Night	100%	77%	0%	0.8m	92°	0.97m	100%	144°	1.5m/s	0.4m/s	0.27m	6.3s
23:00 Night	100%	0%	0%	0.8m	92°	0.95m	100%	126°	2.3m/s	1.2m/s	0.25m	6.4s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 07:56 · Sunset 18:50
24:00 Night	100%	46%	0%	0.79m	93°	0.94m	100%	116°	2.5m/s	1.1m/s	0.23m	6.4s
01:00 Night	100%	79%	0%	0.79m	93°	0.92m	100%	60°	3.2m/s	1.6m/s	0.21m	6.4s
02:00 Night	100%	77%	0%	0.77m	93°	0.91m	100%	74°	2.2m/s	1m/s	0.22m	6.4s
03:00 Night	100%	62%	100%	0.76m	94°	0.9m	100%	78°	2.9m/s	1.3m/s	0.23m	6.4s
04:00 Night	100%	73%	100%	0.74m	94°	0.89m	100%	96°	3.8m/s	1.7m/s	0.24m	6.3s
05:00 Night	100%	0%	100%	0.73m	105°	0.88m	100%	106°	5.6m/s	2.7m/s	0.23m	6.8s
06:00 Night	100%	0%	100%	0.71m	116°	0.86m	100%	108°	6.1m/s	2.9m/s	0.21m	7.3s
07:00 Night	100%	3%	100%	0.7m	128°	0.85m	100%	116°	6.4m/s	3.2m/s	0.2m	7.7s
08:00	100%	60%	100%	0.72m	124°	0.87m	100%	122°	6.3m/s	3.2m/s	0.19m	7.7s
09:00	100%	9%	100%	0.74m	121°	0.88m	100%	110°	7.4m/s	3.7m/s	0.17m	7.6s
10:00	83%	65%	100%	0.76m	118°	0.9m	100%	118°	8.9m/s	4.4m/s	0.16m	7.6s
11:00	13%	73%	87%	0.8m	114°	0.93m	100%	126°	11m/s	5.5m/s	0.16m	7.7s
12:00	12%	65%	76%	0.84m	111°	0.96m	98%	132°	12m/s	6.8m/s	0.17m	7.8s
13:00	7%	77%	51%	0.88m	107°	0.99m	96%	133°	14m/s	8m/s	0.17m	7.9s
14:00	26%	88%	33%	0.91m	104°	1m	96%	136°	16m/s	9.2m/s	0.18m	8s
15:00	58%	95%	40%	0.94m	101°	1m	98%	138°	16m/s	9.4m/s	0.19m	8.1s
16:00	84%	100%	41%	0.97m	98°	1m	100%	139°	16m/s	9.3m/s	0.2m	8.2s
17:00	94%	100%	29%	1.1m	95°	1.1m	100%	143°	14m/s	8.5m/s	0.22m	8.4s
18:00	98%	100%	12%	1.1m	92°	1.2m	100%	147°	12m/s	7.4m/s	0.23m	8.7s
19:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	1.2m	89°	1.3m	100%	151°	10m/s	6.4m/s	0.25m	8.9s
20:00 Night	100%	98%	0%	1.4m	88°	1.4m	100%	175°	9.1m/s	5.7m/s	0.29m	9.3s
21:00 Night	100%	96%	0%	1.5m	86°	1.6m	100%	198°	8.2m/s	5.1m/s	0.34m	9.8s
22:00 Night	100%	95%	0%	1.7m	84°	1.7m	100%	222°	7.8m/s	4.9m/s	0.38m	10s
23:00 Night	100%	95%	0%	1.9m	83°	2m	100%	228°	8.3m/s	5.2m/s	0.31m	10s
Mon, Oct 12, 2026Sunrise 07:58 · Sunset 18:48
24:00 Night	100%	97%	0%	2.2m	82°	2.2m	100%	234°	9.4m/s	5.8m/s	0.24m	11s
01:00 Night	100%	98%	0%	2.5m	81°	2.5m	100%	240°	10m/s	6.2m/s	0.17m	11s
02:00 Night	91%	100%	0%	1.7m	80°	2.8m	100%	247°	9.8m/s	6.1m/s	1.2m	11s
03:00 Night	78%	100%	0%	0.93m	79°	3.1m	100%	253°	9.1m/s	5.7m/s	2.3m	11s
04:00 Night	70%	100%	0%	0.17m	78°	3.4m	100%	260°	8.1m/s	5.1m/s	3.4m	10s
05:00 Night	72%	93%	25%	1.2m	79°	3.4m	100%	256°	6.7m/s	4.3m/s	2.4m	11s
06:00 Night	79%	83%	59%	2.2m	81°	3.3m	100%	253°	5m/s	3.3m/s	1.4m	11s
07:00 Night	84%	73%	86%	3.2m	82°	3.3m	100%	249°	3.9m/s	2.7m/s	0.41m	11s
08:00	82%	64%	97%	2.6m	84°	3.7m	100%	221°	3.9m/s	2.7m/s	1.6m	11s
09:00	77%	55%	99%	2m	86°	4.1m	100%	193°	4.6m/s	2.9m/s	2.7m	11s
10:00	75%	44%	100%	1.4m	89°	4.4m	100%	165°	5.3m/s	3.3m/s	3.9m	12s
11:00	82%	26%	100%	2.4m	89°	4.4m	100%	168°	5.8m/s	3.6m/s	2.6m	12s
12:00	91%	6%	100%	3.3m	90°	4.4m	100%	171°	6.5m/s	3.9m/s	1.4m	12s
13:00	89%	2%	100%	4.3m	90°	4.4m	100%	174°	7.4m/s	4.5m/s	0.11m	12s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Ireland. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Cliffs of Moher.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Cliffs of Moher during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 50% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence

Last 365 days

118

recorded matching windows · 53% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

08:00 local time, shared by 12 of 118 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

September, with 47 of 118 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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