Overview

Greyabbey is a village on the western shore of Strangford Lough, with the ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey. The sheltered lough body of water offers flat water conditions. Works in westerly wind channelled through the lough.

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Spot forecast for Greyabbey

Sunrise 08:00 · Sunset 18:13

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 07:17 · 3.3 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 13:22 · 1.7 m
High tide Tue 20 · 19:36 · 3.6 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 02:07 · 1.3 m

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Greyabbey: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

407h

in June · 28.5 rideable days

The season runs from June to September, peaking in June: 26 rideable days a month and 407 hours of usable wind, at 17 °C. The low point is April, at 19.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 74%13-20 knots · 24%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 74% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is April, with 115 mm.

Monthly averages: Greyabbey

Monthly averages — Greyabbey — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	23.0	184 h	7 °C	71 mm
February	20.0	203 h	9 °C	67 mm
March	24.5	222 h	10 °C	100 mm
April	19.5	238 h	12 °C	115 mm
May	22.5	272 h	16 °C	47 mm
June	28.5	407 h	16 °C	69 mm
July	25.5	306 h	18 °C	69 mm
August	26.5	341 h	19 °C	67 mm
September	23.5	258 h	15 °C	92 mm
October	23.0	228 h	13 °C	83 mm
November	22.5	184 h	10 °C	103 mm
December	22.5	169 h	9 °C	77 mm

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Technical details of Greyabbey spot

The spot works with winds from SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W.

Depending on conditions: N, SE, WNW, NW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

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Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Beginner

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