East Coast
Conditions on the East Coast are looking very small for this weekend with only flat SUP conditions available with moderate southerly winds Saturday and light southerly winds Sunday.
South Coast
Tramore is looking small for the weekend with small to flat conditions that will struggle to bring much by way of waves for lessons or beginners. Winds are light onshore breezes for the weekend.
South West
Garretstown is looking like it won’t get much more than 1ft for Saturday with light onshore breezes with Sunday bringing slightly better at 2ft with light to moderate onshore winds for most of the day until later on it could push into the 2-3ft as a bigger period swell comes through. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing a swell with a good bit of north in it which could bring 2-3ft conditions with light to moderate onshore winds up to 15mph. Sunday sees this lift a little to bring 3-4ft waves but the winds pick up to have 20+mph winds blowing onshore which will make for messy conditions in Inch.
West Coast
Lahinch starts off really nicely on Saturday morning with 2-3ft conditions that are coming off the back of a bigger northern swell which always struggles to get into the bay and the winds are light breezes offshore in the morning before it turns onshore around midday and then stays onshore for the remainder of Saturday and Sunday with the waves appearing to build to 3-4ft but the onshore winds may blow the backs of the waves over making it appear smaller but it will have a good push with the 13 second solid period. Sunday has a bigger 4-5ft waves but the coming threw off the back of an over 8ft swell but with a touch of north in it. Winds are direct onshore for the day but will probably still have a wave for those keen for a wave. Tides are high at 6pm Saturday and closer to 7 Sunday which means you need to be out of the water at 4pm Saturday and closer to 5pm Sunday. The Irish Surfing Juniors Competition is on this weekend so be mindful that the best peaks will probably be reserved for the comp.
North West
Strandhill looks to start off really nicely too with light offshore winds first thing Saturday morning gradually turning onshore by the afternoon with waves in the 3-4ft in the morning building to 4-5ft later on as the winds turn onshore. Sunday in Strandhill sees a good solid swell that will push the size up in Strandhill at 6ft plus with a solid 12 second period. Winds are moderate cross onshore but could be offshore for the likes of Enniscrone which should have a 3-4ft waves but be mindful of the offshore winds. In the Bundoran area it will start small at Tullan but build quickly with light offshores first thing turning onshore by the afternoon with 2-3ft quickly becoming 3-4ft and then biggest before it goes onshore. Sunday has cross onshore for Tullan but Rossnowlagh can handle the slight onshore winds at 12-15mph with waves in the 3-4ft range. Streedagh could have a small 2ft wave with the 12 second period allowing for a small wave to get in and be cross shore.
North Coast
There is a good period showing for Saturday morning in Portrush with a good solid 17 second swell first thing dropping to 13 seconds later on with 2ft conditions for the most part but bigger sets coming through on the bigger period so might be worth waiting around for the larger sets with light offshores all day until evening. Sunday sees some really nice conditions for East Strand with cross offshore winds of 12-15mph which could clean up the faces a little with 3-4ft waves.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers