Month: November 2025

East Coast

Conditions are looking small to flat for the weekend for the east coast with very little swell coming up the coast.

South Coast

Saturday in Tramore is showing some nice clean conditions if a little small. It is showing 2ft conditions with light offshore winds first thing that pick up in strength but remains offshore. The swell looks best in the morning before dropping off with the winds 15-20mph offshore all day. Sunday drops back to 1ft at best with light onshore winds picking up later.

South West

It is looking cross offshore in Garrestown with 4-5ft waves which should be really nice. The winds are a little on the gusty side with the winds in the 15mph range gusting up to 25mph. Sunday sees the conditions fall back to 2-3ft with light to moderate onshore winds. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking like the big waves from Friday might carry over a little into Saturday with 6-8ft conditions with moderate cross shore winds gusting up to 25mph from the north so I would probably give Saturday a miss. Sunday sees the winds turn southerly with 4-5ft conditions but the winds may make for cross shore bumpy windy conditions which may favour some of the spots on the north of the peninsula.

West Coast

Saturday in Lahinch is looking like it will be coming off the back of the big waves on Friday which will continue to give the larger conditions first thing in the morning with 5-6ft conditions first thing with northerly winds which are cross offshore for Lahinch. These winds look to blow from 15mph early on dropping all day with gusts up to 20mph but hopefully there will be a little land drag that will slow those winds down. Tides are high on Saturday around 11.30 but the high tide is only 3.8m high meaning that only around an hour of the water is required on high as the low tide is nearly 2m anyway so a slow moving tide. Sunday sees the winds light onshore first thing before turning light cross shore later on but picking up strong by late afternoon so get on it early before high until 11.30 or so or hit it immediately after high around 2 but it will get quite windy soon after with waves in the 2-4ft range.

North West

Strandhill is showing northerly winds all day Saturday which are not great for the north west facing Strandhill meaning moderate onshore colder winds with waves in the 3-4ft range. Sunday shows light to moderate offshore conditions with a mostly west swell so expect 1-2ft conditions for most of the day with the better conditions first thing Sunday. In the Bundoran area there is a good 5ft swell coming through but the winds are northerly meaning messy conditions for Tullan and cross offshore conditions for Rossnowlagh but it will probably have the best of the conditions for the weekend with 3-4ft waves with the high and low tide staying mostly high with a near 2m low and 3m high. Sunday shows the swell to drop back with very light winds first thing but picking up by midday to bring stronger cross shore conditions. first thing could be nice for Tullan if the tides line up but the winds picking up by midday will make for messy conditions leaving only Rossnowlagh as the only consistent surf for the weekend.

North Coast

There were some chunky conditions for Portrush on Friday with a good 16 second period but this all drops back for Saturday but it will still have a punch 4-6ft wave but the problem is the winds are onshore gusting up to 25mph making for messy conditions and leaving no shelter for any of the spots. Sunday has offshore winds but the swell has dropped right back to only offer 1-2ft for the north facing spots as it will struggle to get into West Strand.

Surf Safe and Enjoy,

Col

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East Coast

Saturday on the east coast is looking small to flat with light offshore winds. Sunday looks to have similar conditions but the winds are moderate to strong offshore.

South Coast

Tramore is showing 2-3ft but this is a 6 second period on Saturday so I reckon this will be more likely 1-2ft at best with light onshore winds making for small weaker conditions. Sunday sees the winds pick up from the west making for bumpy 2ft conditions that will probably be messy with the winds gusting to 40mph at times. I’d give it a miss.

South West

Conditions around Garretstown are showing 2-3ft but with the winds blowing from the south making for bumpy onshore waves with only a 6 second period making for weaker onshore waves. Sunday sees both the winds and the waves pick up but not in a good way with the winds hitting up to 30mph cross onshore making the 4-5ft waves feel more like 2-3ft messy waves. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking like 2-3ft Saturday with moderate onshore winds gusting up to 20mph with Sunday looking to max out so it’s onshore all weekend but Sunday is to be avoided altogether.

West Coast

Lahinch is showing onshore conditions up until early afternoon when it is to go light southerly cross shore but light enough to not bother the waves too much but the onshores from earlier will leave it bumpy with 3-4ft waves so only a small window but be out of the water by 4.30 at the latest as the light is fading and the waves coming up onto the rocks. Sunday is a skip day as it’s too big and onshore.

North West

It is a similar story for the weekend in the north west with Saturday being the only option for waves as it just get’s too big Sunday. Saturday in Strandhill is showing 3-4ft with light southerly winds making for light offshore conditions for all of the north facing spots before Sunday maxes out. In the Bundoran area it is showing like a nice Tullan day with light to moderate winds cross onshore in the morning turning more cross shore but much lighter in the afternoon. It should have 3-4ft conditions on Tullan low tide around lunch. Sunday then goes nuclear so stay indoors with it maxing out all spots around Bundoran and winds hitting up to 40mph from the west.

North Coast

Conditions in Portrush are showing small 2ft conditions for East Strand with winds cross offshore turning more offshore later with a small increase in size in the waves in the afternoon. Sunday sees the winds stay more southerly so offshore for both East Strand and Whiterocks with waves looking half decent in the 3-4ft range with a good 12 second period and offshore so not a bad shout.

Surf Safe and Enjoy,

Col,

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East Coast

While the charts are showing waves for Wicklow for Friday and Saturday, these are driven off the back of the Easterly winds that are bashing the east coast at the moment and this is bringing nothing but messy onshore conditions so I would be avoiding going anywhere near the coast until the afternoon on Saturday when the winds drop back but even then it will only be 1-2ft messy onshore conditions so not really worth it. Sunday continues with more of the same and consistent onshore winds from the north east making for cold messy conditions.

South Coast

Saturday in Tramore is showing small 2ft conditions with moderate cross shore conditions making for small conditions that will be bumpy from that easterly wind. Sunday looks like a much better shout with offshore winds all day with 3ft conditions and bigger on sets with a better 10 second period on Sunday meaning a little bit more push in the waves.

South West

Conditions in Garretstown look to be a little messy on Saturday with the winds blowing directly from the East which is cross shore slightly bumpy conditions and waves in the 3ft range. It could get a little better in the afternoon when the winds turn a little more northerly. Sunday starts off with northerly winds and these should stay all day making for offshore conditions all day with it lightest in the morning with the gusts running to about 20mph so care should be taken to mind your position in the water to prevent getting blown further out than the breaking waves. The waves themselves should be in the 4ft range with a good 10 second period. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking small for Saturday with a direct south swell and only a small tertiary swell that has west in it. the winds are nicely direct offshore for Saturday but I would think that waves should only be in the 1-2ft range at best. Sunday has a better swell direction with a good 15 second period meaning long periods of no waves then with phantom 2-3ft sets every now and then with cross offshore winds.

West Coast

Saturday in Lahinch is looking very flat with barely any swell and offshore conditions. Sunday continues offshore with 2ft conditions. Be mindful that the period forecast is for nearly 15 seconds of a period meaning that it could appear flat for prolonged periods and then a set will come. Sets should be good longboard conditions with a nice push on them. Tides are high at 12 Saturday and closer to 1 Sunday but the tides are not massive high tides so you should be able to surf around 1 hour either side of high tides. Just stay out from 12 to 2 Sunday.

North West

Strandhill is showing small 1ft conditions for both Saturday and Sunday with moderate offshore winds with the winds much light on Sunday but still only 1-2ft conditions with the better conditions Sunday when the period builds to 14 seconds which will help it to bend in easier. In the Bundoran area it is showing small to flat conditions for Saturday with moderate to strong offshore winds at times with Sunday only bringing 1-2ft conditions on peak one of Tullan Strand with Rossnowlagh probably small to flat. Winds are light northerly for Sunday.

North Coast

For Portrush on Saturday it looks like it will struggle to get much swell with a cross swell coming in from the easterly winds that are blowing which may bring 2ft waves but the winds are also easterly leaving no shelter and cross shore messy conditions for Saturday. Sunday sees a very small weak 4 seconds period wind swell with onshore winds making for small messy onshore conditions so not great all round for the north facing spots.

Surf Safe and Enjoy,

Col,

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The west coast is seeing a large period swell coming through that is going to make forecasting difficult as larger period swells are hard to predict as they move slower than normal period swells meaning that they could be delayed on arriving and when they arrive can bring much fatter waves rather than much bigger waves making for bigger duck dives and sometimes heavier dumpy waves as the larger amount of water in each wave. If in doubt, don’t go out!

East Coast

Surf on Saturday looks to be too small to bring any waves to the east coast with Sunday being just below the minimum so it could have a 1-2ft wave with moderate cross shore winds from the south but bare in mind that if the winds don’t blow then the swell might not make it up the channel as it is only a windswept 6-7 second period.

South Coast

Saturday looks small and onshore in Tramore with 2ft blown onshore waves with the winds up to nearly 20mph onshore. Sunday looks to start off quite strong but then the winds back off quite a lot around midday and into the afternoon. This will not bring clean waves as a few days of onshore conditions will leave plenty of bumps on the waves but it will make for some nice waves that will hold up a little better without the moderate onshore with waves up to 4ft but still with an 8 second period.

South West

It is looking onshore for Saturday in Garretstown but the real issue is that the waves are forecast to be over 8ft with a 16 second period making it for experienced surfers only. Sunday is showing something similar with 6ft waves and bigger on sets with a 14 second period with light onshore winds. Inch Beach in Kerry is looking like it is going to be maxed out so options are really only for the north side of the peninsula where it could still be large with the big period on the waves so check your spots and only surf in conditions that match your ability.

West Coast

Lahinch is also looking maxed out with 13ft 16 seconds making for massive waves on the beaches and the reefs so I would give it a miss for both Saturday and Sunday. Extreme should be taken in relation to the tides also as the tides are going to race in and out with it going from a 5m high to a 0.4m low.

North West

Strandhill is going to be maxed out on Saturday with Aughris even seeing larger conditions and Streedagh having larger dumpy sets. It could be an opportunity to check Mullaghmore Beach for waves as the sets could get in there and have smaller waves and cleaner conditions. Sunday could have some large sets still on Strandhill with waves still in the overhead range so only surf if you are comfortable in these condition. Another factor is the winds also pick up Sunday meaning that it will be quite blustery. Streedagh might still be an option but the wind direction is not great. In the Bundoran area Tullan will be maxed out all weekend with Rossnowlagh seeing head high sets on Saturday with large waves coming through on the 16 second period. The Waves will be fat and hard to get under so expect a hard slog and miles if you intend going out back. It might be easier to surf the inside on the higher tide for both Saturday and Sunday.

North Coast

Portrush is showing 3-4ft waves but I suspect these will be bigger with the 14 second period and the likes of East Strand and Whiterocks can hold much larger waves to the inside so getting out could be the challenge with large closing out waves. It may look class but could be a challenge to duck diving with the more voluminous waves. Winds are offshore Saturday and light enough with Sunday showing 2-3ft but again, I would expect this to be much bigger with much stronger winds gusting up to 30mph+ making it difficult enough to control you board. It looks like it cleans up later in the day when the winds drop back a little.

Surf safe and Enjoy,

Col,

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