East Coast
Saturday is mostly flat until later in the evening when the swell starts to build but this will only bring waves on the Sunday when it will hit 1-2ft by midday and possibly closer to 2ft by evening with moderate to strong southerly winds.
South Coast
Tramore is looking small to flat on Saturday with light onshore winds until the evening when the winds pick up in strength and this continues on into Sunday when the winds are gusting to over 30mph from the south leaving no spots for shelter and only a 5 second wind swell coming into the bay so a day to give it a miss.
South West
Garretstown starts off with light winds on Saturday morning but this quickly starts to turn onshore and the gusts then start fo pick up. Waves start in the 2ft range but with the onshore winds these will feel small. Sunday then goes fully onshore with the winds blowing from the south to make for messy conditions with the winds gusting to over 30mph onshore. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing 4ft conditions on Saturday but with the winds blowing from the south this will make for bumpy conditions with Sunday then turning into a blown out mess.
West Coast
Lahinch is very onshore Friday and then Saturday starts light onshore before going southerly which is cross shore but it is light. This means that while there will be light winds locally the waves will be coming in with a bump already on the wave. The winds turn offshore later in the day but not enough to clean up the waves. Waves should be in the 2ft range as the swell is coming in with a touch of north in it. Sunday then turns to be much stronger in the winds making for moderate cross shore gusting up to 30mph so make the most of Saturday. Tides are high just after midday Saturday so leave 90 minutes either side of high for safe entry and exit. On Sunday the tide is high around 1.30 but its a little higher so leave 2 hours either side of high of high.
North West
Strandhill is also very onshore Friday and then cross shore Saturday but the winds on Saturday are just breezes but that onshore from Friday will mean that the waves will be arriving with a bump on them already. The waves on Saturday should be 4-5ft region with Sunday dropping back to 1-2ft but with the winds having picked up to full cross shore messy so make the most of Saturday. In the Bundoran area it will be too big for Tullan Strand so Rossnowlagh will have the best conditions but it looks like the winds don’t drop until around lunchtime so it could still be quite bumpy and onshore but the waves should be in the 2-4ft range. It is slightly below what Streedagh needs to break anything over 1-2ft but the winds also won’t favour Streedagh until evening when the swell has dropped right back anyway so make the most of Rossy. Sunday in the Bundoran area is strong southerly winds making for messy Tullan 1ft blown cross shore conditions so again, make the most of the conditions on Saturday.
North Coast
East Strand is the spot for Saturday with the winds looking to blow from the south west making for cross offshore conditions for East but slight exposed for Whiterocks. West Strand should be onshore. Conditions on East Strand should be in the 3-4ft range with the best swell in the morning but the lightest waves in the evening so find the happy place. Sunday drops back to 1ft with moderate offshore winds from the south so again, Saturday is the best shout.
Surf Safe and enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers