Surf Report for the weekend of the 6th and 7th of January
East Coast
After a good run of swell from all of the storms on the east coast it is looking like it is going to be small to flat this weekend in Wicklow with no swell due until Wednesday or Thursday when a small onshore burst will come in from the north west.
South Coast
There have been some good waves seen down in Tramore on Thursday and Friday but the weekend is looking like it won’t break anything above 1ft for either Saturday or Sunday with light offshore winds on both days.
South West
Conditions in Garretstown are a little better with the waves showing 2ft for Saturday with light cross offshore winds with the waves best in the morning as the swell size looks to drop all day so could be less than 2ft by dark. Sunday is showing small to start but by lunchtime it looks like it could jump to 2-3ft with a good 12 to 13 second period with direct offshore winds which could be some nice conditions on the beach. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing some nice conditions on Saturday with the swell coming directly from the west so this should bring 2-3ft conditions to the beach for days with light offshore breezes which will favour longer boards. The forecast for Sunday is predicting moderate cross shore winds from the south east but these winds are not visible on the charts for other nearby spots so I would expect this to be an anomaly but if the direction is right then the winds are cross offshore but the strength is questionable with waves in the 4-5ft region.
West Coast
It is looking like a nice weekend in Lahinch with the conditions showing a swell on Saturday that has a touch of north in the swell which may reduce the size of the waves down slightly which would make me think that conditions should be 2-3ft on the beach with the winds only blowing light breezes which should be really nice. Sunday sees the swell swing to south westerly which is a much better direction for the beach and this should allow better waves to come up into the bay with 3-4ft conditions but with the 13 second swell there could be larger sets coming through and offshore winds all day so this could be really nice. Tides are high at 1pm Saturday but it’s a very small high with only a 1.5m difference between low and high so it will move slowly and you can probably surf through the high tide but to be safe I’d leave an hour either side out of the water. Sunday’s tide is a little bigger so leave 1.5 hours either side of 2pm to safely exit or enter the water.
North West
Strandhill is looking like it could be nice on Saturday with a 3ft wave and only light onshore breezes all day. Sunday looks a little smaller but starting off with 2-3ft and dropping down mid morning to 1-2ft with the odd bigger set due to the 14 second period with light offshore winds. Probably still ok for longboards or foamies. In the Bundoran area it is looking like a really nice Tullan weekend with 3-4ft conditions with light breezes Saturday followed by a 2ft day on Sunday with light offshore breezes so it looks pretty good for all boards but will probably favour bigger boards as the tides have very little movement between low and high.
North Coast
Portrush is showing 2-3ft for Saturday with a light onshore wind all day with Sunday looking smaller at 1-2ft but with light offshore breezes. Even though it is onshore Saturday I would still take an onshore wave over an offshore ripple.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
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