East Coast
There were some nice waves on the east coast during the week coming off the back of Storm Ernesto but calm is restored for now with Saturday looking small to flat with very little wind. Sunday looks to see the winds pick up with small 1-2ft waves on Sunday in Wicklow with the winds moderate to strong southerly winds so be careful of your position in the water.
South Coast
Tramore looks to start off with light winds on Saturday morning but this is coming off the back of moderate onshore winds for Friday so expect bumpy conditions for Saturday with waves in the 1-2 range before Sunday goes moderate onshore with messy walls of white water with 2-3ft waves blown over.
South West
It is looking like the cross shore conditions for Garretstown on Saturday will make for bumpy conditions with the conditions best in the morning before the winds pick up for the day with 3ft conditions for most of the day. The winds turn onshore for Sunday and gust up to 30mph making it messy and not really for anything other than lessons in the shallows. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking onshore for both Saturday and Sunday with 4-5ft messy conditions for Saturday and bigger again for Sunday so I would recommend to give it a miss.
West Coast
Lahinch Beach is showing onshore conditions for both days with the winds blowing from the West North West on Saturday and West South West on Sunday meaning no shelter to be had in either directions of wind. Saturday should have 3-4ft blown over conditions with Sunday showing 4ft+ blown over waves with the tides high at 9am and pm Saturday and closer to 10am Sunday so leave at least 2 hours either side to safely enter and exit the water.
North West
Winds are also the main story in the north west with the conditions showing onshore for both days with 3-4ft waves Saturday in Strandhill and 4ft+ for Sunday but the waves will looks smaller when the winds blow from behind. In the Bundoran area it looks onshore for both Saturday and Sunday with a small window of southerly winds on Sunday morning and while quite strong might offer a small window for possibly somewhere like Streedagh to offer a small 2-3ft wave for those keen. Any other times are only going to be onshore Rossnowlagh for those keen for a white water surf but no green waves on offer.
North Coast
Saturday in Portrush is looking like the winds are going to mess up West, East and Whiterocks but Sunday looks like the winds turn southerly over that side which may mean nice conditions for East Strand on Sunday with 3-4ft conditions and possibly bigger on sets with the 11 second period. The winds are showing quite gusty but with the land drag it could bring about some nice offshore conditions for the Port.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
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