East Coast
With the yellow wind warning that is passing over Ireland on Friday, there are waves on the east coast on Friday but these are also backed by a wind that is blowing up to 60mph on the gusts making for messy conditions. Saturday drops back to 1-2ft waves with the winds turning cross offshore but this has a good 11 second period meaning that it could have waves for longboards or foamies. Sunday sees the winds pick up again with waves forecast in the 3-4ft range but the winds are forecasting to be over 60mph which is bordering on dangerous conditions and with the south direction in the wind is going to leave very little shelter and messy conditions. Saturday is the much safer option.
South Coast
The winds on Friday are bring some battering conditions to the south coast which dies off overnight on Friday into Saturday with Saturday showing some lingering good swell for Tramore. Given the strong winds on Friday and the onshore winds for Saturday it is going to mean bumpy conditions in the 3-4ft but Tramore can handle a little onshore so it wouldn’t be the worst option if you are local. Sunday sees the winds pick up significantly making it too dangerous for any surfing.
South West
The winds are the main problem for Garretstown over the weekend with onshore conditions on Saturday gusting up to 23mph with the direction showing it hitting straight onshore. Waves will be overhead but blown over with the onshore winds. Sunday sees the waves and winds max out leaving no shelter and dangerous conditions. Inch Beach is maxed out all weekend.
West Coast
Lahinch is looking onshore and maxed out for both Saturday and Sunday with the winds blowing onshore on both days making for messy conditions.
North West
Strandhill is looking like it is going to be maxed out with winds blowing cross onshore making for messy blown out conditions for both Saturday and Sunday. The winds on Saturday do not favour any of the alternate spots with the amount of the west that is in the winds. Sunday could offer some small waves to the likes of Streedagh but the winds are blowing 25mph constantly with gusts up to 45-50mph making for strong conditions which could make controlling your board difficult. The swell is also picking up throughout the day so keeping a check on conditions is required at all times. In the Bundoran area it is showing that Tullan will be maxed out all weekend with just too much water moving around and onshore winds all weekend. Rossnowlagh could have white water waves but these will be messy and onshore all weekend so only for those keen to get wet but waves will not be friendly.
North Coast
On the northcoast Saturday looks like it could have some nice cross offshore conditions for East Strand with waves in the 3-4ft but with the 15 second period, there could be bigger waves between on the larger sets. Winds are blowing from 20-28mph but with the land drag you would hope that these winds might be lighter when they hit the waves. Sunday sees the winds pick up to nearly 60mph offshore making it hard to see how the conditions could be safe for surfing and also the winds blowing offshore could be strong enough to blow the swell offshore. Waves could be in the 2-3ft range but with the winds it could struggle to get there.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col
Surf Improvers