East Coast
Waves on the East Coast are looking small for the weekend with a max of 0-1ft with the best chance of waves working is around Saturday evening into Sunday morning but this will still only work up to 1ft. Winds on Saturday are blowing up to 30mph on Saturday evening from the south with the winds turning moderate to strong offshore on Sunday with westerly winds blowing between 20 and 35mph.
South Coast
Tramore is looking onshore for the weekend with both Saturday and Sunday showing winds blowing from the southwest on Saturday right up into the bay with the forecast showing 2ft weak waves with the winds being the main driver of the waves bringing a 6 second weak period. On Sunday the waves are still only 2ft but at 7 seconds with 20mph+ cross onshore waves from the west.
South West
Garretstown sees similar 2ft blown onshore waves on Saturday with a 6 second period bringing weak waves suitable for lessons only. Sunday sees the swell jump to bring waves of 3-4ft but with the winds turning to the west making for messy onshore conditions. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking like it starts 3ft with moderate to strong onshore winds all day but this builds throughout the day up to 6ft plus but these waves will be blown over with the strong onshores by evening. Sunday looks to max out Inch Beach.
West Coast
Lahinch is looking like it is going to be blown onshore all weekend with the winds showing 17-35mph onshore all weekend with Saturdays winds blowing direct onshore into the bay from the southwest with Sunday’s winds blowing onshore from the west. With these winds having no land to pass over, there will be no shelter. Waves should be in the 3ft blown over Saturday and 6ft+ blown over Sunday but I would recommend giving it a miss given the strength of the winds and waves. Tides are high at 4pm Saturday and closer to 5 Sunday but I would ensure to be out of the water at least 2.5 hours before each day.
North West
Conditions in Strandhill Saturday are showing 3-4ft for Strandhill for Saturday with the winds being the only issue with cross onshore with winds in the 14-20mph strength. This may suit more northerly facing spots like Enniscrone but this will drop a lot of the size of the waves so possibly only 2ft weaker conditions with cross offshore. Sunday sees the winds turn from the west which will make for messy conditions and significant jump in the size of the waves so give it a miss Sunday. In the Bundoran area it is onshore all weekend of varying strengths with Saturday showing Tullan 3-5ft onshore with a 9 second period so messy conditions with Sunday showing Tullan maxed out leaving only Rossnowlagh but with the winds blowing up to 30mph plus onshore, I would expect it to be white water conditions only.
North Coast
It’s looking like small conditions around Portrush with 2ft conditions for Saturday with moderate cross offshore winds for East Strand dropping later on to light breezes by evening but still only small. Sunday sees the swell jump but also the winds turning westerly around the Port leaving very little opportunity for any of the spots to offer shelter with waves in the 3-4ft region blown messy.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
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