East Coast
Both Saturday and Sunday are looking small to flat for the East Coast with very little swell coming up the channel and strong offshore winds on Saturday.
South Coast
Tramore is looking like it will only get 1ft on Saturday with moderate cross shore winds from the west. Sunday looks to be even smaller with the winds blowing from the east.
South West
Garretstown has a good swell running from the west with a good 10 second period but the winds are also westerly which is going to make for cross onshore conditions with waves in the 2-3ft range with Sunday showing small conditions around the 1ft mark with moderate easterly winds making for small to flat blustery conditions. Inch Beach in Kerry is going to be maxed out Saturday with the winds blowing onshore from the west with a touch of north in it but the swell is forecast to be over 12ft. Sunday drops back to 2-3ft with moderate to strong offshore winds from the south east.
West Coast
Saturday in Lahinch looks like the westerly winds will make for messy onshore conditions so probably best to give Saturday a miss. Sunday looks like it will have offshore conditions with the winds lightest in the morning early. The swell is coming from the west north west which means that it will be a little smaller than forecast with 2-3ft conditions at best with the winds gusting to over 20mph and building throughout the day. Tides are high at 6pm Saturday and 6.30pm Sunday leaving the full day for waves.
North West
With the onshore winds, all west facing spots on the north west are going to be blown out with the winds gusting to near 30mph and with 13ft swells, it should be avoided. Strandhill then on Sunday looks to have 4-5ft conditions with a good north west swell and with the winds having swung to south east making for offshore conditions that are lightest in the morning and building. In the Bundoran area, all spots are maxed out Saturday although Rossnowlagh will have a wave but a very messy one that probably should be skipped. Sunday then should have some nice conditions for Rossnowlagh with offshore conditions. Tullan will probably be big first thing but as the day goes on could become really nice.
North Coast
Portrush is going to be big and maxed out Saturday with a 12ft swell coming right into the East Strand and Whiterocks with the winds following right behind it in the same direction so definitely give Saturday a miss. Sunday turns light winds and offshore with 4-5ft conditions first thing but even though the morning winds are offshore I would still expect the waves to have quite a bump on them from the winds the day before. Swells are biggest in the morning and smaller as the day goes on so if it’s too big for you first thing at 4-5ft, it will drop off later in the day to 1-2ft by evening so check in to East Strand and Whiterocks.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
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