East Coast
It is looking like there will be very little swell making it up the channel on the east coast with the waves looking like less than 1ft all weekend with light to moderate winds from the south.
South Coast
It was looking really good on the south coast earlier in the week but it is now showing 2-3ft conditions for Saturday but this will be weak waves with only a 6-7 second period and winds blowing from the west south west making for cross onshore bumpy conditions for Tramore. Sunday sees the winds drop off to less than 10mph with 1-2ft waves max.
South West
Conditions in Garretstown are looking like it is going to be moderate onshore all day Saturday with the gusts blowing up to 25mph which will make for 3ft blown over waves with weak consistency. Sunday sees the winds drop back but still onshore so expect 2-3ft light onshore conditions but probably more favourable to foamies or longboards. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing big and messy conditions for Saturday with Sunday not fairing much better with the winds still moderate onshore up to 20mph with 2-3ft blown onshore waves. I would avoid the beach on Saturday as it will not be surfable.
West Coast
Lahinch is looking big and messy Saturday with 6ft plus conditions blown over by winds in the morning up to 30mph onshore and only dropping back to 15-20 later on so still bumpy conditions. Sunday sees the winds drop back slightly but still blowing 12-15mph onshore with weaker period making for 2-3ft waves blown over with the winds. Plenty of duck dive practice and the odd nugget here and there. Tides are high on Saturday at 1pm but its not a massive high due to the neap tides so this should only mean about 1-1.5 hours of out the water around 1pm. Sunday sees the tides high after 2pm with 1.5-2 hours out of the water either side. Neap tides occur when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to the earth meaning very little pull as the sun cancels out the large pull of the moon on the tides. These occur during the first and third quarter when the moon appears “Half Full’.
North West
Conditions in the north west are looking like the Friday and Saturday are going to be the better conditions around the country with Strandhill showing that it could have 6ft conditions with light offshore conditions for most of the day with a small pick up in winds on Saturday evening before Sunday turns light onshore but not too strong. The swell drops back on Sunday also bringing 3ft conditions in the morning dropping back to 2-3ft for the remainder of the day. In the Bundoran area it is looking like a good Tullan day but the winds have been onshore on Friday meaning that Tullan could be lumpy and bumpy meaning that Rossnowlagh could be the spot for 3-4ft conditions on Saturday with light offshore winds all day until evening when it picks up slightly. Sunday looks like a nice Tullan Strand start to the day with light breezes not picking up at all throughout the day but light onshore in direction.
North Coast
Portrush is looking like it could have some really nice conditions on Saturday morning when the swell is the right angle for East Strand and Whiterocks with light offshore winds until the evening when it turns light to moderate onshore so get on it early. Waves should be in the 2-3ft region but with the 13 second period early on there should be some good 3 footers dropping back as the period falls throughout the day. Sunday looks like 1-2ft foamie conditions with light onshore winds so make the most of Saturday.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col
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