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Annascaul → Inch Beach downwind route

County Kerry, Ireland · 52.1350, -10.0169

SUP Foiling Community route — launch and tide verifi
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Photo taken near this spot by Ian Paterson · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Water

Atlantic bay/coast downwind / beach swell

Experience

Community route — launch and tide verification

Hazards

Atlantic route with an unresolved Annascaul water entry and tide/current exposure. Inch Strand has shorebreak and soft/wet driving areas; verify start access, landing, shuttle and cold-water rescue.

Parking & access

Inch landing: official tourism source says free car parking/free visit; county source says a small main car park, seasonal larger lot, and tide-dependent beach parking with soft/wet-sand bogging risk. Start parking remains unverified: https://www.discoverireland.ie/kerry/inch ; https://www.screenkerry.ie/locations/beaches-and-piers/inch-beach

“The Ireland leaderboard records six SUP-foil uploads on this named 4.1 km course. Pin is the midpoint of the public course gates; exact water entries and tide/current conditions need local confirmation. Requested-field batch 03 verified 2026-08-01: guide/resource labels and hazards use cited row evidence; exact, nearby and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved fields remain Unknown.”

— via Downwind leaderboard — uploaded SUP-foil route; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Castlemaine (6.52 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Castlemaine (6.52 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/148709 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Minard → Inch downwind route Exact Surfline Inch Strand report for the route's landing only; not a report for the full downwind course: https://www.surfline.com/surf-report/inch-s surfline.com

Local guides

race.downwind.app Annascaul → Inch Beach downwind route Exact public Annascaul–Inch Beach SUP-foil course record; exact start entry remains unresolved — https://race.downwind.app/run/annascaul_inch_beach race.downwind.app

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