East Coast
Things are looking small to flat for Saturday and Sunday and Monday in Wicklow with only a small wave in the 1ft range but with a very small 5-6 second wind period from the southerly winds blowing all weekend.
South Coast
Conditions in Tramore are also looking small for the weekend with 4-6 second period conditions Saturday from the moderate to strong southerly winds blowing onshore with 1-2ft forecast. Sunday sees the period jump up to nearly 9 seconds with the winds blow from the west and even north west later in the day bringing cross shore conditions to Tramore with waves in the 2-3ft range but bumpy. Monday sees the period drop and the waves weaken back down to 6 second period and onshore conditions with 1ft at best.
South West
It looks like onshore conditions for Saturday in Garretstown with the winds blowing from the south west with 3-4ft blown over conditions. Sunday sees the winds turn cross shore for Garretstown with the waves being bumpy from the previous days onshore messiness but it could bring some somewhat cleaner conditions for Sunday evening as there is more north in the winds. This looks like it will be short lived until Monday morning when the winds start light but very quickly then turn back onshore with 2ft conditions blown over. Inch Beach in Kerry is onshore for all three days with the winds always having west in the direction whether it is north west or south west, it will still mean onshore conditions for Inch with the best chance for waves being on the northerly facing spots in Brandon bay on Saturday or Monday.
West Coast
The winds in Lahinch look direct onshore for both Saturday and Monday with the south west in the winds blowing straight into the bay with 3-4ft blown over waves Saturday and similar for Monday with Sunday seeing much larger 4-6ft blown over conditions with the winds blowing from the north west so cross onshore. Tides are high at 9am/pm Saturday, 10am/pm Sunday and 10.30am/pm Monday so allow 2 hours either side for safe access and exit.
North West
Strandhill should see small conditions on Saturday as the swell has a lot of south in it which will struggle to get into Strandhill so it could be small to flat with cross onshore winds. Sunday sees a little north in the swell but this is off the back of the north west winds which will mean onshore conditions with waves in the 3ft range but messy. Monday sees the winds turn more southerly but this looks to be 20mph plus meaning moderate to strong cross offshore with only 2ft waves that have a small 8 second period on average so really only for longboards or foamies. In the Bundoran area it looks to start small and onshore and then pick up slightly in swell but remain onshore with 2-3ft blown over waves. Sunday sees this jump to 3-4ft blown over conditions which will appear smaller but the first peak on Tullan might have a bumpy wave but not great. Monday sees the winds turn a little more southerly which would normally favour somewhere like Streedagh but the swell is just not enough to bring a wave there so Tullan only again and 1-2ft with the odd 2-3ft set. Rossnowlagh would probably be the spot to handle the winds a little better than Tullan which could be lumpy and bumpy but Rossy will be smaller.
North Coast
Portrush is looking small to flat on Saturday with 1ft at best with offshore winds Saturday. Sunday sees the 1ft remain but the winds turn cross onshore for all spots. That onshore wind from Sunday brings some weaker 2ft conditions to Monday with moderate offshore winds so could be ok for East Strand or Whiterocks, just don’t expect anything too good.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers