Month: May 2024

East Coast

Conditions on the east coast are looking small to flat this weekend for improvers with very little chance of any waves. Give Hugh in Brittas Bay Surf School a shout for SUP Tours and lessons over the weekend.

South Coast

It is a similar story for the south coast with conditions in Tramore only delivering flat calm for SUP Tours. Call Surf SUP Tramore if you are interested in going out on a SUP Tour in the good weather.

South West

Garretstown is not looking like it will get much above 1-2ft for the weekend with a small 8 second period so you are really only talking about knee high conditions that are weak and probably only for foamies with light breezes. Inch Beach is showing 2-3ft but that’s coming from the north which will struggle to get into the bay but given that it’s a 4.5ft swell on Saturday it could bring 2ft conditions with moderate northerly winds but hopefully the hills might offer some shelter. Sunday drops back and is probably be too small for anything for improvers but could have 1-2ft conditions for foamies with a light northerly breeze. Monday looks to have the winds pick up and go more westerly making things bumpy 1-2ft but more of the 1ft than 2ft as the period is only 8 seconds.

West Coast

Lahinch is showing 3-4ft conditions on the charts but this is unlikely given the north in the swell which will probably only see 2ft conditions on the beach with light breezes that should make for cleanish conditions but probably only for longboards or foamies. Sunday will probably not peak above 1-2ft but the winds are also showing light onshore so a little small and bumpy. Monday has more of the same with a little more push in the winds so again small and bumpy. Tides are high at 1.30 Saturday but it’s a small high so only 1.5 hours either side for safe access and exit. Sundays high is before 3 but a bigger high so 2 hours either side for safe access and exit and Mondays high is before 4 with 2 hours either side out of the water.

North West

Conditions on the north west are looking like a summer swell 3-4ft on Strandhill for Saturday with light onshore breezes. Enniscrone should have 3ft conditions with light onshore breezes on Saturday. Sunday bringing slightly smaller 2-3ft conditions to Strandhill and 2ft for Enniscrone with the winds picking up in strength a little in the gusts making for slightly bumpy conditions. Monday looks to pick back up again the swell for both spots with 3-4ft in Strandhill and 3ft for Enniscrone but the winds are gusting to 21mph onshore for Strandhill and cross onshore for Enniscrone. In the Bundoran area it is looking like the winds are a little more exposed with Saturday showing 3ft conditions on Tullan with bigger on sets with the 10 second period with Sunday dropping back to 2-3ft and Monday back up to 3ft+ but the winds Sunday and Monday are going to make for bumpy onshore conditions for Bundoran. Rossnowlagh could have a wave Saturday and Monday but the onshore winds will still be present but Rossy handles it a little better than Tullan as the waves come in more direct in wider bay.

North Coast

Portrush is showing to have 3ft conditions for Saturday with the winds blowing direct onshore for East Strand and Whiterocks with Sunday showing a possibility of some ok conditions first thing with the winds having a touch of south to start before going cross shore for the rest of the day but East Strand could have some shelter with 2-3ft waves possible. Monday looks to have the winds pick up a little but the best shout would be East Strand as it may have shelter at the Arcadia end with 3ft conditions forecast but I appreciate that the Bank Holiday was last weekend for the north coast.

Surf Safe and Enjoy,

Col,

Surf Improvers

East Coast

Conditions on the east coast are looking small for the weekend with Saturday looking like it will struggle to break over 1ft with moderate winds from the south. Sunday has a small chance of waves in the 1-2ft region but these will be driven from the southerly winds on the Saturday.

South Coast

Tramore is looking like it will be around the 1ft mark starting off on Saturday with moderate onshore winds. Sunday shows it starting off at 2-3ft but building slowly up to 3ft with light cross shore winds all day.

South West

Garretstown is showing 3-4ft waves on Saturday with moderate onshore winds all day long building up to strong onshore by evening. Sunday starts off with a good 4-5ft wave with light cross onshore winds first thing but these do build throughout the day picking up to near 20mph onshore. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking like it is going to be a little messy Saturday with moderate cross shore winds Saturday. On Sunday the winds turn direct onshore with winds from the west which will make for 4ft messy conditions on the beach.

West Coast

Saturday in Lahinch is looking really nice with 3-4ft conditions on Saturday with bigger on sets with the good 12 second period. The winds are looking moderate cross offshore with the gusts picking up strong with the best conditions on the south end of the beach. Sunday looks like it starts off nice with 2-3ft conditions with the winds light from the south so a little cross shore before it turns onshore with 2-3ft conditions for most of the day until evening when it begins to pick up strongly with bigger waves up to 6ft but with onshore winds from late morning on. Tides are high at 7am and pm Saturday and 8am and pm Sunday with fairly large high tides so allow at least 2 hours either side for safe entry and exit.

North West

Conditions in Strandhill are looking small for the weekend as there is a bit of south in the swell so it will probably only get 1-2ft for Saturday with probably flat for Sunday. Winds are moderate cross offshore for Saturday and barely breezes for Sunday. In the Bundoran area it is looking like it will be 2-3ft for the main peak on Tullan Strand but 2ft for the rest of the beach with cross offshore winds all day on Saturday with Sunday looking small to flat until evening time when it might pick up to 2ft with light offshore breezes all morning and light onshore breezes in the afternoon.

North Coast

In the Portrush area it is looking like Saturday will peak around the 1ft mark on East Strand and West Strand with the winds moderate offshore for East Strand and cross for West. Sunday looks flat with offshore winds.

Surf Safe and Enjoy

Col

Surf Improvers

East Coast

It is looking very flat for the east coast this weekend so only SUP for those who are keen to get in the sea. Give Hugh in Brittas Bay Surf School a shout for SUP Tours and Lessons.

South Coast

Conditions in Tramore are looking small to flat with very little winds over the weekend so only really good for SUP conditions. Tramore SUP and Surf School will be the ones to call down that way if you are keen to get in the water.

South West

Garretstown is looking small this weekend with conditions on Saturday only offering up to 2ft conditions with a small period 8 second swell so really only for foamies or longboards with Sunday looking a good bit better with good 3ft conditions with a 13 second period which should bring some nice punchy waves with good gaps between for getting out the back. Winds are light breezes both days which should barely impact the surf. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing that Saturday could be a little too small for waves with 1-2ft conditions max but Sunday looks like the day to surf with conditions offering up to 6ft waves and good punchy conditions with light onshore breezes.

West Coast

Lahinch is looking like a game of two halves with Saturday offering small 1-2ft conditions with possibly better on sets with winds blowing light cross shore from the south east before Sunday jumps to nice 5-6ft waves with nice clean faces with very light breezes that are barely going to blow or have any impact on the waves. The tides are high at 8am and pm and on Sunday at 9am and pm meaning you are good to get in the water 90 minutes after high on the way out and you have to be out of the water 2 hours before high getting out.

North West

Strandhill is looking like it is going to be flat on Saturday as the swell has a touch of south in it that is not going to make it into Strandhill but Sunday looks to be direct west and could bring some nice 3-4ft conditions with a good period meaning that some of the sets will be bigger but there should also be good gaps between the sets. Winds are light, less than 10mph and should have zero effect on the waves. In the Bundoran area it is showing small to flat for even Tullan on Saturday with Sunday delivering nice 4ft+ conditions on Tullan and maybe 2-3ft in Rossnowlagh with light onshore breezes for both.

North Coast

It is looking very flat on all beaches on Saturday with good offshore winds with Sunday bringing 1-2ft conditions for East Strand with light offshore winds. There is a good 14 second period so it may bring a little bigger wave on sets in between so good for longer boards or foamies or just for those who are keen.

Surf Safe and Enjoy,

Col,

Surf Improvers

East Coast

Things are looking small to flat for Saturday, with maybe 1ft Sunday and similar for Monday with winds blowing from the south for Saturday pushing swell up for Sunday with light winds Sunday mostly light onshore with Monday bringing cooler northerly winds.

South Coast

It’s also looking small to flat for Saturday in Tramore with no incoming swell with Sunday building from nowhere to bring 3-4ft clean offshore conditions to the south coast with easterly winds which will be light enough to not mess with the waves and should make for some nice soft conditions as the period is still a little small at 9 seconds. Monday drops back again with a small 2ft pulse in the morning before quickly dropping back to 1ft for the rest of the day.

South West

Garretstown is forecasting 1ft conditions for Saturday with light variable direction breezes with Sunday jumping up like Tramore to bring 4ft conditions and offshore winds in the morning dropping to 2-3ft by evening with small periods suiting longer boards or short boards with more volume better. Sunday sees things return to 1-2ft conditions with northerly winds making it cross offshore but small waves. Around Inch Beach in Kerry Saturday is looking marginal for waves with the conditions being on the borderline for waves but it could have 1-2ft clean offshore conditions. Sunday sees the winds go northerly which will make the 1-2ft conditions a little bumpy and Monday looks to be a little stronger on the northerly winds making for more messy waves but still only in the 1-2ft region.

West Coast

Conditions in Lahinch are looking small for the weekend with conditions being in around 1-2ft Saturday with possibly more of the 2ft conditions with the 11 second period and light breezes. Sunday sees similar 1-2ft conditions with light offshore breezes. Monday sees a slight pulse coming from the north which could bring slight bigger waves but with the north in the swell it could just bring slightly bigger period 2ft waves with light onshore breezes. Tides are high at 3pm Saturday, 4pm Sunday and 5pm Monday so leave 2 hours either side of high for safe access and exit.

North West

In the northwest it is looking like both Saturday and Sunday are going to struggle to get above 1-2ft with light onshore breezes for both days. It won’t be until Monday when Strandhill will get up to 2-3ft conditions with light breezes from the north west. This would be a similar set of conditions for the Bundoran area with Saturday looking small to flat with light onshore breezes. Sunday is showing 1-2ft max for Tullan with the wind barely blowing at all before Monday sees things jump a little to 2-3ft in the afternoon with light breezes but it will be Tullan as the only option.

North Coast

On the north coast it is looking like Saturday will be flat with light offshore breezes barely blowing, Sunday could see 1ft with light breezes onshore with Monday possibly pushing up to 1-2ft with onshore winds up to 15mph at times making it a little messy bumpy waves.

Surf Safe and Enjoy,

Col,

Surf Improvers