East Coast
It looks like there will be waves this weekend on the east coast but the winds are not favourable on Friday with the winds blowing from the south east which is going to bring onshore conditions. Saturday should see 1-2ft conditions with moderate to strong winds from the south which will mean cross shore bumpy conditions with a small bit of shelter at the south end of the Wicklow beaches. Winds look to be up to 45mph on the gust on Saturday and up to 30mph on the gusts on Sunday but Sunday sees a little more west in the winds making it a little more offshore but waves will probably only be in the 1-2ft range and weak with the 6 second period.
South Coast
Saturday is looking like a write off with the conditions being strong onshore leaving no shelter anywhere. Sunday looks to have onshore winds all day too but a little lighter than the Saturday but still messy until the evening time when the winds look to drop back a bit but the two plus days of onshore winds will mean the waves will still be messy.
South West
Garretstown is also looking like it is going to have messy conditions all weekend with the winds blowing direct onshore into the bay making for no waves for improvers. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking big and messy all day Saturday with the winds blowing moderate to strong from the south with Sunday seeing the winds turn more onshore making for unsurfable conditions on both days.
West Coast
Lahinch is showing cross shore conditions all day Saturday with the winds blowing 17-30mph from the south making for cross shore bumpy conditions with the waves in the 3-4ft range blown over. Sunday sees the winds turn more onshore making even less favourable conditions. Tides are high at 5pm Saturday and after 5 Sunday so this only rules out the end of the day but with the winds and conditions, it will not matter.
North West
Conditions around Strandhill are showing good on the charts but the winds are up to 30mph+ so I would expect this to bring difficult surfing conditions with the possibility that the waves will be blown away from the land. There is a touch of south in the swell with only a small northerly meaning that it could well be small to flat. Sunday sees more south in the swell turning northerly later but this is when the winds turn onshore so this is only low period wind swell so the only hope is the first light southerly swell but this will be small in the 1-2ft. Around the Bundoran area it is looking like 2ft conditions on Tullan with the winds blowing moderate to strong cross shore making it ok for lessons but hard to find a clean wave anywhere. Sunday sees the period drop back meaning only 1-2ft conditions on Tullan. Rossnowlagh may be too small for waves with the winds being unfavourable even if it gets to 2ft.
North Coast
Portrush is looking small to flat for the weekend with very little incoming swell and moderate to strong offshore winds blowing any chance of swell out to sea.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers