*Report written Friday 13th so forecast may change before Tuesday
East Coast
Saturday and Sunday are looking small to flat in Wicklow with a small bump on Monday later on in the afternoon starting to build to 1-2ft with moderate to strong southerly winds before Tuesday picks up to bring a half decent 2-4ft driven by moderate to strong southerly winds blowing swell up the channel. As the winds are strong southerly, care should be exercised to monitor your position in the water as there will be a lot of water moving around.
South Coast
Tramore starts off on Saturday with some cross shore moderately clean waves first thing as the winds are quite light to start with 2ft conditions. This swell is dropping throughout the day so best to get on it first thing when the swell is at its best. The winds pick up on Sunday and remain gusty and bumpy cross shore. Monday goes onshore and only builds in strength going into Tuesday so Monday and Tuesday are messy onshore making for less than ideal conditions.
South West
Conditions in Garretstown are showing some nice light winds for Saturday morning but these are onshore but light enough to still allow some 3-4ft conditions. Sunday sees the winds pick up to nearly 30mph on the gusts making for messy onshore conditions with the wind angle only getting worse on Monday and Tuesday. Inch Beach in Kerry is maxed out all the way through from today to nearly Friday of next week.
West Coast
Unfortunately Lahinch is looking onshore from Saturday all the way through to Thursday of next week leaving suboptimal conditions for improvers with overhead conditions Saturday, bigger again Sunday up to nearly double overhead continuing into Monday and Tuesday being bigger again. Tides are high at 2pm Saturday 3pm Sunday, closer to 4 Monday and after 4 Tuesday but with the conditions not being great, it would really only be for those keen to get in. Leave 2 hours either side for safe access and exit.
North West
Strandhill starts with light onshore winds on Saturday morning but this window is short lived with the onshores building from Sunday right through to Wednesday making for messy conditions for both the Sligo area and Bundoran areas with big and messy conditions. Aughris could have some shelter on the left side of the beach but with the strength of the winds forecast, this could be a small possibility but if you are in the area, it could be worth checking. The Bundoran area will be onshore for Saturday and Sunday with only white water messy conditions for the likes of Rossnowlagh or cross shore conditions for the likes of Streedagh but it’s not going to be great for any of the locations.
North Coast
Portrush looks like it could have some really nice conditions on Saturday with the best conditions likely with 5-7ft conditions with a god 12-13 second period and cross offshore conditions for the Arcadia end of East Strand. It will be onshore for West Strand and probably too much west in the winds for Whiterocks. Sunday goes fully west making for messy conditions for all spots. Monday looks to max out all of the spots so I would recommend giving it a miss but Tuesday then returns to give nice conditions with 3-4ft sets on East Strand with moderate to strong offshore conditions.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers