East Coast
It is looking very small to flat on the east coast for the weekend but great conditions for the Flow State Swimming event on in Greystones with a talk at 2pm about East Coast Surfing.
South Coast
Conditions in Tramore are showing to be small to flat for the weekend with the swell not being much more than wind swell from the light onshore winds for the weekend. Things won’t get much above 1ft for the weekend.
South West
Waves in Garretstown are looking small for the weekend with light to moderate onshore winds with waves in the 2ft region Saturday and slightly bigger on Sunday in the 2-3ft range with winds lighter on Sunday but still blowing from the west making for slightly onshore conditions. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing moderate to strong onshore conditions for the weekend which matches up with the conditions blowing on Friday meaning 3-4ft conditions blown over on both days with winds running from 15-25mph onshore.
West Coast
The winds are also the problem for Lahinch with the onshore conditions for both Saturday and Sunday making for messy onshore conditions with waves in the 2-3ft range for both days as the winds will blow the backs of the waves over. Swell is slightly from the north making for smaller conditions than forecast with the winds hitting 15-25mph onshore. Tides are high at 4.30 Saturday and around 5 Sunday so leave at least 2 hours either side for safe access and exit.
North West
Conditions in Strandhill are looking chunky so I would probably be looking for smaller conditions elsewhere with Saturday morning looking around the 4-6ft mark for Strandhill but this has a good 12 second period. Sunday drops back a little to 3-5ft but the real sting is the onshore winds that are cross onshore all weekend with the west in the wind meaning no real shelter for Strandhill. Saturday has more south in it which should favour Enniscrone a little more but Sunday will be cross shore and bumpy for Enniscrone. It is too small for Aughris to kick in so no shelter. Streedagh will have a wave but the winds don’t have enough South in them to offer any offshore conditions. In the Bundoran area it is looking like the conditions are going to be onshore for both Saturday and Sunday with Tullan maxed out on both days leaving an onshore Rossnowlagh as the only option with 3-4ft conditions blown over.
North Coast
In Portrush it is looking like the best conditions will be on Saturday morning when there is a good bit of south in the winds which should favour East Strand best as the winds are from the south west but then this turns more westerly later in the day and stays westerly then for Sunday. Waves should be in the 3ft range on Saturday early with bigger on the 12 second period sets but then it drops throughout Saturday but picks up again on Sunday but the cross shore winds on Sunday will not do it any favours and make things messy at all spots.
Surf safe and enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers