East Coast
Saturday is looking really nice on the east coast with the winds that are forecast bringing a small period but decent size swell up the channel and this should see 2-3ft conditions by midday and building from there for the afternoon. Winds will be strong from the south so care should be exercised when it comes to position in the water and certainly don’t surf alone. Sunday then drops back to 1ft with the odd slightly bigger set but the winds are still moderate to strong southerly.
South Coast
With the south west winds for Saturday and Sunday, Tramore is going to be blown on onshore for both days with messy conditions so probably one to give a miss.
South West
Garretstown is also blown out for both Saturday and Sunday with big unruly waves leaving little for surfing unless you can find shelter. Inch Beach in Kerry is also maxed out on both days so give it a wide berth also.
West Coast
Lahinch is also maxed out for the weekend with both Saturday and Sunday seeing strong onshore winds and very large swell on both days with Sunday slightly smaller than Saturday but still too big.
North West
The northwest does not escape any of the large conditions with winds blowing moderate to strong from the south making for offshore conditions but nearly too strong offshore to make the waves any way surfable in a safe way. The only spot that might kill off some of the swell size might be Aughris or Streedagh but the winds are still very strong so it might be best to sit it out. In the Bundoran area, Rossnowlagh will be the only beach but even at that the winds are still strong and in the wrong direction so expect large bumpy messy surf and big walls of white water that is probably more effort than it’s worth.
North Coast
Portrush has some sizeable waves on Saturday with a near 7ft at 16 second swell coming through which should bring 6-10ft conditions to East Strand so really only for those experienced in surfing large waves should venture out. By evening on Saturday it may have dropped back a bit but it should still be in the 6ft range with bigger sets coming through. Sunday sees it jump up again to 8-12ft conditions from a 8ft @15 second swell with winds only really favouring East Strand with a cross offshore wind gusting up to nearly 50mph making for strong conditions that are definitely only for the experienced surfers out there.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers