East Coast
Saturday is looking like it is not going to break much above the 1ft mark with only a small swell coming up the channel. Winds are coming up from the south also but not enough to drive the swell to bring anything over 1ft. Sunday looks to be smaller again with only less than 1ft coming through with a moderate southerly wind all weekend.
South Coast
Saturday is looking really nice for the longboards in Tramore with a smaller 2-3ft wave coming through with a nice 9 second period. Winds are light offshore all day with the best winds coming around 9am but the winds are nice and light all day. Sunday sees the winds turn onshore for the day so it would be Saturday as the best chance for nice clean waves over the weekend. Waves on Sunday are 2-3ft but the onshore winds will make them messy versus the offshore conditions on Saturday.
South West
Conditions in Garretstown are looking really nice for Saturday with the waves showing 4-5ft with light cross offshore winds but these look nice and light with even the gusts barely breaking 10mph so this should be really nice. Some of the sets will break bigger with the 13 second period so expect some really good waves. Sunday sees the winds turn onshore and pick up quite strongly so make the most of the waves on Saturday. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing some bigger conditions with light onshore winds but I would expect the beach to take some of this size out of the swell with it forecasting up to 8ft plus but I would really expect this to be 5ft plus with light onshore breezes with the winds lightest in the morning before it turns southerly which could bring a little bump to the waves. Sunday sees Inch turn moderate to strong cross shore which will make for bumpy conditions so get out on it Saturday.
West Coast
Lahinch has been forecasting much bigger than hand been appearing on the swell and Friday was no exception with the forecast showing 4-6ft with only 2ft showing up so this is making it hard to predict for the weekend but if I use the same scale then I would expect 4ft conditions for Saturday with the winds blowing light from the south which will favour the south end of the beach with light cross offshore conditions with a small bump but this should be nice waves for Saturday with Sunday look to have the winds pick up and possibly blow the 2ft waves out to sea despite the forecast showing 5-7ft conditions but I would expect 2ft with moderate to strong cross shore winds making for bumpy conditions. Tides are high at 3pm Saturday and 4pm Sunday so out of the water by at least 1pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday as the tides are bigger tides and will rush in a little quicker.
North West
Strandhill is looking nice for Saturday with the winds blowing light offshore all day and less than 10mph. The problem is that the waves forecast have a lot of south in them which always struggles to get into Strandhill and will favour spots like Tullan better. So while the forecast is for 3-5ft waves for Strandhill, these should look more like 1-2ft at best. Sunday sees a little more west in the swell but this will probably only bring some of the 2footers into the bay but this will probably be the max of it but the winds really pick up on Sunday to nearly 30mph offshore so best to get out Saturday on the foamie or longboard and have some fun before the winds blow into your face. Around the Bundoran area it is looking like the southerly swell that misses Strandhill will break into Bundoran and bring nice 3-4ft conditions on peak one of Tullan Strand with 2-3ft for the rest of the beach with light offshore winds all day. Sunday sees the winds really pick up so go for Saturday or as early as you can Sunday before the gusts start to ruin play.
North Coast
In the north of the country the swell looks like it is being blown away from the land by the moderate southerly winds making for swell that will struggle to break over 1-2ft on any of the spots around Portrush with the best chance of waves being on Whiterocks or East Strand where the land drag may slow down that offshore wind.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
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