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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