East Coast
The weekend on the east coast is looking small to flat with only a 1.8ft @ 6 second period swell on Saturday and smaller on Sunday leaving very little for waves with light offshore winds.
South Coast
Tramore could have some nice waves first thing in the morning in the 2-3ft range but this will drop as the day goes on and probably only give 1-2ft after midday so get on it early. Winds are a little gusty in the morning but still in the right direction to give clean-ish conditions. Sunday drops back to near flat for the day with light onshore breezes.
South West
Saturday morning is the best shout for Garretstown with 4ft conditions with the winds around the 10mph strength with slightly stronger on the gusts but with the wind direction this will be a little cross shore turning more offshore later on but it does also drop back later to 2-3ft but there should be waves all day for those keen. Sunday goes back to 1-2ft with light variable direction breezes but all less than 10mph until evening. Inch Beach in Kerry has some good direct swell coming into the bay with waves in the 5-6ft range but the winds are also coming from the north west meaning that it will be cross onshore all day with the strongest winds at 15-16mph in the morning dropping back to below 10 later on but still onshore so expect bumps on the waves. Sunday drops right back but with the possibility of 2-3ft in the morning for a short period before it drops further to 1-2ft with cross offshore winds.
West Coast
Lahinch has plenty of good swell on Saturday with a 4-5ft wave coming directly into the bay but the winds are blowing from the west north west which is cross onshore for Lahinch and this doesn’t change all day making for bumpy conditions but the waves should still be clean on the face for those who are keen. The waves will suit more longer craft as the period is only 10 seconds. Sunday sees the winds turn offshore and barely light breezes with the swell probably only hitting 1-2ft depending on the tides and times but best in the morning. Tides are high at 6.30am and pm Saturday and after 7am and pm Sunday so leave at least 2 hours either side for safe entry and exit.
North West
Strandhill and Bundoran also experience those northwest winds all day on Saturday so the conditions will not be clean with the winds gusting to near 20mph at times dropping off later in the evening with a good swell showing 3-4ft but that onshore will make it feel smaller but Sunday will be smaller for both Strandhill and also Tullan with waves hitting 2ft in Strandhill and probably 2-3ft at Tullan with light breezes offshore all day making for much nicer surfing conditions. Rossnowlagh might struggle to get over 1-2ft so Tullan will be the spot.
North Coast
The north coast cannot escape those northwest winds on Saturday with the waves showing 2-4ft but with that onshore wind, it will feel more like 1-2ft as the winds are a little more exposed on the north coast so the gusts are up to greater than 20mph on Saturday. Sunday sees the winds drop but also the swell so it will struggle to get above 1-2ft with light onshore breezes so really only good for lessons or foamie fun.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers