East Coast
The surf on the east coast is looking marginal for this weekend with the swell forecast to come up the channel barely big enough to produce waves with Saturday showing 1ft with an onshore wind all day making for messy conditions. Sunday is showing a little better but still only just over 1ft with southerly winds all day and Monday being too small for any waves with offshore winds for the day.
South Coast
Tramore is looking like there is going to be a good swell forecast for Saturday with waves in the 3-4ft range with bigger sets but the winds are light to moderate onshore for the day dropping to nothing at times. Sunday then starts off much smaller at 1-2ft with an offshore light breeze but this then turns onshore for the remainder of the day and stays onshore gusting up to 15mph. Monday looks to be the good mix of small 2ft waves with light breezes less than 10mph making for nice conditions if the winds don’t mess it up too much the day before.
South West
Garretstown has swell coming from the south east which will bend in nicely and bring 2-3ft conditions with offshore winds. Sunday sees the periods increase but the swells drop making for 1ft for the day but the winds turn onshore so it could be the day to rest. Monday then comes to smaller periods and this could be off the back of the onshore conditions Saturday with the winds turning offshore in the middle of the day and staying cross offshore meaning it could have offshore 2ft conditions. Inch Beach in Kerry looks to start off with nice 2-3ft conditions on Saturday morning and it’s forecast for bigger but it’s got some north in it which may restrict the amount of swell getting in. Winds really pick up in the evening on Saturday before Sunday turns messy onshore with a large north west swell coming in bringing waves but the onshore winds will mess this up. Monday looks to stay onshore so Saturday early might be the only shout.
West Coast
It is looking like the swell that has the touch of north in it is a feature in Lahinch also with the winds being light offshore first thing in the morning before the winds pick up later in the day and turn cross onshore. Sunday sees the winds blow direct onshore all day with large swells from the north and while the north swell doesn’t always bend into Lahinch greatly, the onshore winds will make for 2-3ft blown onshore. Monday sees a swell with a touch of north in it making for slightly better conditions but the winds are blowing westerly all day making for light to moderate onshore conditions. Tides are high at 1pm Saturday 1.30 Sunday and 2.30 Monday with the clocks going back making the little difference. The tides are not massive so 1.5 hours either side should cover for those keen for waves.
North West
Conditions in the north west are looking like Strandhill should see 3-4ft conditions starting out on Saturday with the winds blowing light to moderate from the south making for slightly cross offshore conditions with the winds turning onshore by evening. Sunday sees more of the same in relation to winds and directions but the beach will be maxed out for waves with the large swell forecast and period. This may mean that Aughris could be the spot with good swells bending into the beach with the good 13 second period. Monday sees the conditions make for Streedagh to possibly have a small offshore wind in front of the car park on Monday. Tullan could have nice conditions on Saturday with a little shelter in by the cliff and will probably be maxed on Sunday with the best conditions of the weekend at Rossnowlagh on Monday with the light winds 2-3ft waves possibly bigger on sets with the 12 second period.
North Coast
In the Portrush area it is looking like 2-3ft conditions on East Strand with the winds blowing from the south making for offshore conditions that could be strong at times. Sunday sees the swell really jump and it could be chunky with East Strand seeing up to 6ft plus conditions with the winds gusting up to 40mph offshore but hopefully there should be land drag which may reduce the winds a little. Monday is still looking big but not as big as the Sunday with really light winds making it the day of the weekend with some really nice conditions for East Strand.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers
Thank you !
Thanks for your reports, Col. Love it. Moved to Ireland from Oz so wondering if the wave size is Aussie/Hawaiian feet or from the face? Cheers
We measure the waves from the base at the front of the wave. E.g. if a surfer is at the bottom of the wave and the lip is at his head, this would be 6ft waves for the average surfer. When forecasting, I prefer to air on the side of caution and measure things smaller as it may be bigger depending on the tides. Hope that helps
Thanks Col that makes total sense. Cheers