East Coast
Saturday on the east coast is looking like it will have small waves in the 1ft range with winds blowing from the north initially swinging more offshore later but the waves won’t get much above 1ft. Sunday will be less than 1ft with light breezes. Monday has waves but they are blown onshore and messy wind swell waves so not worth it.
South Coast
Tramore looks really nice on Saturday with 3-4ft conditions with winds blowing cross shore but light enough with Sunday seeing the winds drop even further to less than 10mph with the waves looking more like 2ft before Monday turns to rubbish and goes messy cross onshore winds ruining any waves.
South West
Garretstown looks maxed out Saturday with the waves forecast to be 10ft plus with light breezes before Sunday turns really nice with 6-8ft conditions from the good 13 second period with light offshore winds for the most part. Monday as with all other places goes messy and should be given a miss as Sunday is the day for improvers. Inch Beach in Kerry is maxed out for Saturday and Sunday before Monday turns a little smaller but by a little smaller I mean 6-8ft with a strong 14 second period but the winds may cause hassle with strong offshore conditions forecast making it clean but nearly too strong clean.
West Coast
Lahinch is looking like it could be plenty chunky with the forecast showing waves up to 8ft and more with the 15 second period with light offshore winds in the morning. I suspect that the waves will be breaking way out the back so planning to get all the way out will probably be a struggle. There will be a lot of water moving around. Sunday looks a little bit more manageable with winds looking southerly at the moment with 6ft+ conditions with the winds turning offshore. Monday looks to continue with the larger conditions due to the 14 second period and 6ft swell which should bring but the real issue on Monday is the strong offshore winds that may make it a struggle to get into the waves although there should still be plenty of power in the waves. Tides are high at 4 Saturday, near 5 Sunday and 5.30 Monday but with the size and period forecast I would be leaving at least 2 and a half hours before high to get out of the water as the tides will rush in at they are small lows and big highs.
North West
Strandhill is looking nice and light winds for Saturday with light offshore winds all day. Conditions will be chunky with 5-6ft sets and bigger on the 15 second swell. Sunday looks similar but drops back to 13 seconds which should still bring 4-6ft conditions with light breezes. Monday sees the winds change and turn moderate to strong offshore with 5-6ft waves forecast. In the Bundoran area it looks as if Tullan could be marginal as the 15 second period will see a lot of water moving around making the first peak a little shifty so a better bet would be Rossnowlagh where it should be 3-4ft with good peaks coming through. Sunday drops back a little and should see good Rossnowlagh or a larger Tullan with lighter onshore winds before Monday sees the winds pick up to 20 mph offshore gusting to 40mph with 4-6ft waves on Tullan.
North Coast
The winds look to be the issue around Portrush with the easterly winds showing strong enough to make the wind swell the primary source of swell but the conditions do show a secondary swell of 2ft @ 16 seconds which should bring 2ft waves to West Strand with moderate offshore winds. This secondary swell continues into Sunday with lighter offshore winds for West Strand but Monday could be a little too small for waves on West Strand with winds swinging from all angles but lightest in the morning.
Surf Safe and enjoy,
Col,
Surf Improvers
