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