Forecast for Friday 18th April through to Monday 21st April
Very unsettled weather as we head into the Easter weekend. The sunny summer-like days of a week ago already feel like a distant memory. The Dublin bay area will see swell in the first half of the weekend. Wind will also be best on Good Friday and into Saturday. Donegal Bay will see some sort of swell every day of the weekend although you may have to travel between the Easkey and Bundoran coastlines to make the most of it. The only day with no wind in the north west will be Easter Sunday.
East Coast – Dublin Area
Surf Forecast
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Friday: 1.8 metre south east swell at 6 seconds kicks in at about 1pm. Swell builds to 2 metres by 3pm before dropping off slowly. Winds will be strong from the east giving onshore conditions generally but there will be waves in Dublin bay.
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Saturday: 1.5 metre east swell at 6 seconds building to 1.7 metres for the afternoon. Winds will be from the east giving onshore conditions but again there will be surf.
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Sunday: Not a lot of swell today. Best bet for small beginners waves would be down in Wicklow.
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Monday: No waves today.
Wind Forecast
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Friday: 16-26 knots from the ESE for most of the day. Cold but great conditions.
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Saturday: Best of the wind will be in the morning. 15-24 knots initially from the east dropping off slowly through the day.
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Sunday: No wind in the morning but the afternoon should see reasonable conditions of 10-17 knots from the south east.
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Monday: Not a lot of wind today.
West Coast – Donegal Bay
Surf Forecast
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Friday: Northerly wind swell will build through the day reaching 3 metres at 7 seconds by 9pm. This will be accompanied by very strong north east winds.
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Saturday: Northerly swell again today 1.9 metres at 9 seconds accompanied by ENE winds. Should be conditions on Easkey coast.
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Sunday: 1.2 metre north west swell at 10 seconds dropping slowly through the day accompanied by very light south to south east winds. Fun beginner friendly conditions on exposed west facing beaches.
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Monday: A new south west swell will kick in at around lunch time. 1.4 metres at 13 seconds will build slightly through to the afternoon. Winds will be from the south west initially before turning more westerly as the day goes on. Best bet would be the Bundoran area for the swell direction but winds will be onshore.
Wind Forecast
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Friday: 24-33 knots from the north east for most of the day. Great conditions but very cold and wet.
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Saturday: 11-17 knots from the north east first thing in the morning but dropping off fairly quickly. Best get on it very early.
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Sunday: No wind today.
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Monday: 13-18 knots from the south east in the morning before switching into the south west and staying in that range for the day. Good conditions.
NB: This is all subject to change at short notice. This being Ireland weather systems are volatile and a forecast made even the night before can change over night. Hopefully this forecast blog can give a good prediction of what will happen in the days ahead so you can plan the days you look to go on the water but it is always a good idea to check more location specific forecasting models before you go both to know what equipment to bring and for safety.
Abbreviations:
SSE – South South East
SSW – South South West
NNE – North North East
NNW – North North West
ESE – East South East
ENE – East North East
WSW – West South West
WNW – West North West
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