East Coast
There is a small north swell that is going to come in for Saturday and Sunday on the east coast but this will only bring 1-2ft conditions at best and these will be smaller weaker waves with the 5 second period. This swell is being pushed down by northerly winds on Friday and Saturday that will make it feel a little cooler than mid-week with Sunday showing the winds drop a little versus Saturday.
South Coast
Conditions around Tramore are looking flat for the weekend with very little swell coming through at all but the northerly winds will mean offshore winds for both Saturday and Sunday.
South West
Garretstown is looking small to flat for the weekend with swell not getting much above 1ft with the northerly winds making for clean conditions but just not a lot of them. Waves might be ok for lessons or kids but not much else. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing marginal conditions with the swell forecast being below the minimum for waves in Inch so expect 1-2ft conditions for both days but as this is small I would expect the waves to be breaking near the shore with Saturday having a slightly better chance with the 11 and 10 second periods but foamies are the order for the small stuff.
West Coast
Conditions around Lahinch have been amazing all week but this looks to come to an end with the weekend dropping back to 1-2ft at best with offshore winds all weekend. Saturday starts off small around the 0.5-1ft with the best surfing looking to build in the afternoon but this will probably only peak around 1-2ft. Sunday sees the period drop a little so it’s looking like it won’t get much above 1ft for the day with offshore winds again. Tides are high at 8am and pm Saturday and closer to 9am and pm Sunday with the tides a little bigger so 2 hours either side for safe access and exit.
North West
Strandhill is showing waves in the 1ft range for Saturday with a small period swell and light offshore winds but this will really only be for lessons or kids as the waves may only break on the shore. Sunday drops right back and will be small to flat with light offshore winds all day also. The north west has been pumping these last few days so this weekend sees the waves take a break with the Bundoran area only showing Tullan 1ft sized waves all weekend which will struggle to bring anything for improvers. Winds are light offshore all weekend.
North Coast
It’s a similar story around Portrush with the conditions showing a north easterly swell to be the main swell because the north westerly swell is so small but the combination of these will only bring 1ft waves for Saturday and probably smaller for Sunday.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers