East Coast
Waves are looking small to flat for the weekend in Wicklow with only waves up to 1ft on Saturday from a small wind swell with Sunday looking smaller again.
South Coast
Tramore should have light to moderate onshore 2ft waves on Saturday with a small period so only really good for longboards or foamies with the winds turning cross shore by evening. Sunday looks smaller with 1ft probably the max for the day with light to moderate cross shore winds turning cross offshore by evening but by then the swell will be less than 1ft.
South West
Winds look much stronger down in Garretstown with onshore winds looking to be gusting in excess of 20mph early all day Saturday with waves in the 2ft region blown over so only really good for lessons. Sunday has the winds drop slightly but still nearly 20mph onshore but the swell looks a little bigger in the 2-3ft range blown over. Inch Beach in Kerry is showing a much bigger swell than the south coast with waves in the 5-6ft range but with onshore winds over 20mph on the gusts for both Saturday and Sunday with Sunday’s swell looking smaller as it’s coming from the north but still hitting in the 3-4ft size but the winds look to make things messy.
West Coast
Conditions for Lahinch are looking similar to most spots with the westerly winds messing up the conditions with onshores in the 17-25mph range from the south west Saturday and north west Sunday with waves on Saturday in the 3-4ft range blown over with Sunday looking smaller in the 2-3ft blown over white water. Tides are high at 2.30 Saturday and 3.30 Sunday but both days have small high tides meaning just over an hour out of the water for safe access and exit.
North West
Strandhill does not escape the onshore winds with Saturday showing 15-25mph winds with waves in the 3ft range depending on the tides but the winds should blow the power out of the waves but ok for those keen. Sunday sees the winds turn more northerly meaning worse onshore for Strandhill with 3-4ft blown over waves. In the Bundoran area, Tullan will be a mess all weekend with Rossnowlagh the only option for white water waves on both days with Saturday showing 3ft waves in Rossy with onshore winds and similar for Sunday but with more cross shore winds on Sunday and possibly a little smaller in the size. Quick note that Rossnowlagh will be out of bounds this weekend due to the annual pre-12th July marches that take place on the beach making nearly all car parks out of bounds and inaccessible. Thanks to Donal and Tony for the reminders!
North Coast
In Portrush it is looking like the conditions will be 2ft cross offshore winds at the Arcadia end of East Strand on Saturday with the better conditions being earlier in the morning as while the swell picks up a bit later, the winds also go more cross shore making it a little messier. Sunday sees the winds turn more north westerly making for messy onshore conditions with 2ft blown over messy waves.
Surf Safe and Enjoy,
Col,
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