East Coast
Both Saturday and Sunday are looking to small for any waves to make it into Wicklow with only moderate southerly winds but not enough to bring swell.
South Coast
It is looking small to flat in Tramore for Saturday with barely a 1ft wave coming through with light to moderate onshore winds. Sunday looks to have only slightly improved on the swell side with 1-2ft but this is then ruined by moderate onshore winds making things small and bumpy, good for lessons and kids but not much else.
South West
It is the winds that may mess with Garretstown over the weekend with some ok swell coming through with 3-4ft conditions on Saturday with a good 14 second period meaning that there could be bigger sets coming through with bigger waits between the sets to get out the back. The winds are questionable though with 12-20mph onshore conditions but this is mostly gusting so it could have periods of ok surf. Sunday sees the onshores continue with similar winds but period drops back a little meaning more likely 3ft conditions but that onshore could make it feel smaller. Inch Beach in Kerry looks to be maxed out on both days so give it a miss.
West Coast
Lahinch is looking like it is going to be fairly big on Saturday with the forecast showing up to 8-10ft with the winds blowing cross shore making for large bumpy waves that will be a struggle to get anywhere near out back so it may be just best to settle for the reforms on the inside and not bother going out past your depth. Sunday sees the swell drop a little but not by too much with still 6-8ft conditions but the winds have a small touch more east in them which is cross offshore but a little gusty. Tides are high in the morning and evening so out of the water until 9.30am and then back out around 6.30pm Saturday with Sunday allowing surf between 10am and sunset.
North West
In the Strandhill area the waves are looking around the 6-10ft range with moderate cross offshore conditions gusting up to 30mph at times with some of the spots being able to reduce that down a little such as Enniscrone which could offer 6ft conditions with those winds blowing more direct offshore. Streedagh could have a 2-3ft wave with that good period meaning probably flat spells interspersed with sets and cross offshore winds. Sunday is still chunky with 6-9ft conditions but again, go search out the spots that will kill some of the swell. Might be a little too small on Aughris Sunday but worth checking around. In the Bundoran area, it is really a Rossnowlagh weekend with the winds not great on Saturday as it is moderate to gusty cross shore but Sunday has a little more East in the direction which could make for more cross offshore with 4-5ft waves at Rossy. Not clean but not unsurfable.
North Coast
Portrush looks really nice for Saturday with a good swell bringing 5-7ft conditions on that bigger period so expect large gaps between sets but then chunky waves when they come through with direct offshore winds that should be less than forecast with the land drag. Sunday sees it drop back a little to 3-5ft conditions with again offshore winds so not a bad weekend for the Port.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers