East Coast
Conditions on the east coast are looking small to flat for the weekend with swell barely breaking enough to bring 6” but with light winds, there should be some good SUP conditions for those keen to get in the water.
South Coast
Tramore also won’t get above 1ft for the weekend with very little swell around and light offshore winds for the weekend that are barely breezes.
South West
Saturday looks smaller at 1ft in Garretstown with only 1-2ft forecast but this could be a consistent 2ft later in the day when the period hits 12 seconds. The winds are light cross onshore but they are below 10mph so shouldn’t affect the wave too much. Sunday sees similar 1-2ft conditions but the winds drop right back to barely breezes all day so good for lessons. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing some sizeable conditions with 5-6ft at a good 12 seconds period but this is backed by onshore winds from the west meaning messy conditions. Sunday sees 3-4ft but the winds do appear to drop off a little but still onshore so it won’t be perfection but there will be some waves for those keen.
West Coast
It is looking onshore for Lahinch for the weekend with Saturday showing 3-4ft blown onshore with winds in the 15mph range. Sunday will have lighter winds but still onshore at just over 10mph so not too bad but still bumpy. Waves are coming from the north so expect 2-3ft instead of the 5-7ft forecast. Tides are high at 7am and pm Saturday and at 7.30am and closer to 8pm Sunday so allow at least two hours either side for safe entry and exit.
North West
Strandhill is seeing light winds Saturday morning that start offshore but quickly turn onshore and pick up to moderate onshore up to 15mph on the gusts. Waves should be in the 3-4ft but the winds will bring a bump to the waves. Sunday starts off with light cross shore winds but again soon turns onshore with the winds picking up to nearly 20mph onshore from the gusts. In the Bundoran area the winds are onshore for the weekend with Saturday showing that spots like Tullan will be messy onshore. Rossnowlagh will still be onshore but can handle the onshore winds a little better. Tullan looks like it could be 2-3ft blown over with some bigger sets from the 12/13 second period with Sunday showing similar wind and swell conditions. This means that Rossnowlagh could have 2ft conditions for the weekend with onshore winds.
North Coast
Portrush is showing some swell with 2ft conditions for Saturday with offshore winds first thing on East Strand before very quickly turning onshore by mid morning. This could pick up to 2-3ft later on. Sunday looks to grow a little to be 3ft but the winds are direct onshore for West Strand and cross shore for East Strand so the closer to Arcadia, the better the shelter but expect it to be bumpy from the 15-25mph winds.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col
Surf Improvers