East Coast
Conditions are looking small to flat for the weekend along the east coast with no swell forecast but good sunny conditions for a SUP session with Hugh in Brittas Bay Surf School.
South Coast
Surf on the south coast does not look like it will get above 1ft for the weekend with small 1ft swell forecast with only 7/8/9 second periods which is not going to produce enough for surfing. Check with Surf Sup Tramore for SUP tours as the weather and winds should be perfect.
South West
It is small conditions for Garretstown with flat conditions Saturday followed by 1ft Sunday and possibly just over 1ft on Monday with light breezes all weekend so winds will play very little in the waves. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking like the swell will be small and barely enough to encourage a wave to break so 2ft conditions max but most likely smaller Saturday and only 1ft for Sunday and Monday. Saturday and Sunday have moderate winds but these are coming across the land so may be lighter but Monday looks to have light winds from the south.
West Coast
Lahinch has had some cracking conditions throughout the week with nice conditions today (Friday) but this looks to come to an end today and it drops back t 2ft max tomorrow with light offshore winds in the morning turning cross shore later in the day. Sunday drops back further to 2ft @10 second but this will struggle to produce waves greater than 1ft for Lahinch with offshore winds all day and Monday will only have 1-2ft at best with light breezes less than 5mph. Probably good conditions for lessons over the weekend but nothing really for improvers unless you’re keen to get out on the foamies. Tides are high at 10am Saturday, 11am Sunday and 12 Monday but the tides are quite small high tides so allow 1.5-2 hours either side for safe access and exit.
North West
Strandhill has also had some great waves all week but this starts to drop over the weekend with Saturday showing 3ft conditions with winds blowing from the north making for cooler bumpy waves with the winds lightest in the morning before it picks up to 15mph+ by evening. Sunday sees the period drop and the swell go more northerly with lighter winds but this will mean that the swell will back off to 2ft at best with light cross shore winds before Monday drops back further to only have 1ft conditions with barely a breath of wind. In the Bundoran area it’s a Tullan Strand weekend with very little coming through for Rossnowlagh or Streedagh with both flat. Best chance for waves in Bundoran will be Tullan on Saturday morning when the conditions could hit 2-3ft with light winds before they pick up to blow more cross shore. Sunday starts off with light breezes and 2ft waves at Tullan before the swell drops back to 1ft which will only suit foamies from then on for Sunday and Monday but the winds drop right back on Monday to just breezes blowing.
North Coast
It looks like there are waves for Portrush on Saturday but the winds are direct onshore which will make for messy conditions with the winds look to be blowing up to 20mph onshore offering no shelter but the waves could be up to 3ft blown over. Sunday shows 2ft conditions with lighter onshore winds up to 10-15mph. Monday drops back further and will only have 0-1ft conditions with lighter breezes but this will offer nothing for improvers.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers