East Coast
Wicklow is looking small to flat for the weekend with moderately strong winds coming from the south for the weekend but the swell will not be anything enough to get over 1ft with a poor 5 second period.
South Coast
It is looking very onshore for Tramore all weekend with onshore conditions for both days gusting to over 30mph on both days making for messy 2-3ft blown over conditions.
South West
Garretstown is also blown onshore for the weekend with 4-5ft blown over conditions from the direct onshore winds making it a no go zone. Inch Beach in Kerry is maxed out and another spot to avoid.
West Coast
Lahinch is also maxed out for the weekend with messy onshore conditions all weekend and large surf so not safe to surf on either day.
North West
Strandhill is showing good conditions on the charts but the winds are gusting to quite strong at up to 30mph on Saturday from the south making for moderate to strong gusty conditions with waves in the 6-8ft range which might fair better at spots that can kill off some size such as Streedagh where it could have more controlled 2-3ft conditions and be a little more cross offshore. Sunday sees the winds turn westerly which means that no spots will avoid the winds. In the Bundoran area Rossnowlagh is the only spot that may kill some of the size on Saturday but the winds pick up in strength from light in the early morning to quite strong gusts by the afternoon so only a small window for somewhat clean conditions before Sunday goes to a mess.
North Coast
Portrush should see some really nice offshore conditions at East Strand and Whiterocks with 4-6ft conditions depending on the tides and the larger period means that there should be a decent push behind the waves but beware of larger sets coming through. Sunday should see 2-4ft conditions depending on the tides and also the winds are much stronger meaning that the best spot for shelter will probably be East Strand as there’s a good bit of west in the wind direction but beware as the wind gusts are quite strong.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers