East Coast
Conditions in Wicklow are looking small to flat for Saturday with little to no waves. Sunday sees a northerly swell come along that is driven by a moderate north westerly wind which will bring icy onshore conditions to Wicklow with 2ft waves at best as this is driven by the onshore winds. Conditions will not be great but it will have a small messy wave for those keen.
South Coast
Tramore has had some nice waves over the last few days and this looks set to continue with Saturday morning having some nice conditions with light winds up until midday when things look to pick up and turn light to moderate cross onshore from the south east. Waves should be in the 2-3ft range with best conditions early on. Sunday sees the north westerly wind which which bring nice offshore conditions and some chunky swell for the south coast with 5-6ft waves and offshore winds all day. Winds are best around midday but I’d recommend earlier for better waves.
South West
Waves around Garretstown look to be a little messy on Saturday with the winds looking to blow mostly from the south east bringing cross offshore conditions with waves in the 2-3ft range before jumping up on Sunday to 6ft plus with sets breaking bigger up to 8ft with moderate to strong offshore conditions so some great waves for the improvers and experienced surfers out there.
Inch Beach in Kerry looks to have offshore winds all weekend but the swell has a lot of south in it meaning that it should get in and bring 2-3ft conditions for Saturday with moderate offshore winds and then Sunday should see the waves pick up to 4ft plus but the winds also pick up to turn cross offshore from the north west bringing chilly offshore winds up to 35mph plus.
West Coast
Lahinch looks to be offshore all weekend with the lighter winds being on Saturday with the swell only looking to be in the 2ft region Saturday. Sunday sees it start out with a north west swell first thing before turning to a south west. Waves should be in the 2ft region again and possibly bigger on the tides with the winds being moderate offshore in the high teens gusting up to 30mph at times. Tides are high before 8 in the morning Saturday and at 8:30 Sunday so wait until the waves drop off the rocks and you should be good to surf all day until dark.
North West
In the Strandhill area it is looking like the waves will be a clean with light winds Saturday and waves in the 2ft region with bigger on sets as there’s a good 11 second period behind the waves. Winds are light offshore all day Saturday. Sunday sees the winds turn from the north west bringing cross shore conditions which will be a little bumpy but mostly offshore but a little strong to keep you out of the wave. This will not suit the north facing spots at all. Waves in Strandhill will be around the 3-4ft mark but the winds will make them bumpy. In the Bundoran area the conditions should see Saturday bring 2ft with light winds Saturday which will probably be the best of it as Sunday brings 2ft conditions but the winds pick up to nearly 20mph offshore making for waves that will have a bit of bump to them. If the swell was a little bigger the winds would favour Rossnowlagh but the swell will probably be too small for any decent waves.
North Coast
Portrush probably won’t break 1ft on Saturday with light offshore winds all day with Sunday seeing the winds turn cross onshore for East and Whiterocks but offshore for West Strand. Any waves for West Strand will probably be blown offshore by the moderate to strong winds making for 1ft max conditions.
Surf Safe and Enjoy
Col
Surf Improvers