Snámh
Check before you go
Sea temperature, waves, wind, tide and water quality for the beach you have in mind, updated while you make the coffee. If it is not a morning for it, you know before you leave the house.
Now on the App Store
Ireland's sea-swimming almanac
Know before you get in.
Snámh checks the sea for you. Live temperature, tides, water quality and bathing warnings for 270+ swim spots across Ireland, scored out of 100 for the way you swim.
€5.99 · iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch
No account · No ads · English & Irish
270+swim spots, the whole island
100point score, weighted for you
16day outlook, hour by hour
0accounts, ads or trackers
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Every screen built for the shore, not the sofa.
Clear conditions, useful detail, and your favourite spots always close to hand.
Explore the app
Why swimmers keep it on the Home Screen
Fewer wasted drives. Better swims.
A score that knows you
Tell Snámh how experienced you are and how much cold you can take. Every beach is scored out of 100 for your level, and the score explains itself line by line.
Never miss a warning
Closures, bathing warnings and red weather warnings cap the score, however sunny it looks. Add a beach to My Spots and warnings are pushed to your phone the moment they are issued.
Today
The best beach near you, chosen for you.
Open the app and the best swim within reach is already at the top, with the runners-up underneath. Switch to paddling, surfing, a beach day, a walk or photography and the whole list re-ranks for that instead.
- Hour-by-hour scores through the day and the best two-hour window.
- Sunrise, sunset, first and last light and the moon, because a dawn dip needs all of them.
- 7, 10 and 16-day outlooks with rain chance and wind.
The whole coast
270+ spots, one map.
Every monitored bathing water on the island, north and south, plus tidal pools, coves and lakes. Pins are coloured by today's verdict, so one glance at the coast tells you where to head.
- Filter by lifeguards, Blue Flag, toilets, parking and kid-friendly beaches.
- Four years of water quality history and the latest sampling results.
- Add your own quiet spot; it gets the same forecasts.
Your spots
Warnings, before you drive.
When a beach is closed or a bathing warning is in force, Snámh shows it plainly: what was found, when it started and how long it is expected to last. Your watchlist shows a live verdict for every beach you care about.
- Warnings pushed to your phone the moment they are issued.
- Alerts when a flag changes at one of your spots.
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your home beach.
Journal
Every dip, remembered.
Track a swim with GPS distance, pace and calories, follow it as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen, and save it to Apple Health as an open-water workout. Or log a dip by hand with the water temperature and a line about the day.
- Dips by month, coldest water and time in the sea for the year.
- Journal and watchlist sync between your devices through iCloud.
- Your journal stays on your phone. There is no account to create.
Apple Watch
On your wrist at the water's edge.
Conditions, tides and the day's forecast for your spot, a swim tracker with heart rate and Water Lock, and a complication that shows the sea temperature and today's verdict on your watch face.
Your next swim starts here
A little more knowledge.
A better day at sea.
No account, no ads, no analytics. Just the sea, read honestly.
Download on theApp Store€5.99 on the App Store · iPhone and iPad require OS 26 or later.
Apple Watch requires watchOS 26 or later.