Forecast for Saturday 16th November through to Monday 18th November.
Not much in the way of surf for the East coast. Winds will also be fairly moderate but enough at times for big kit or foil powered wind craft. Donegal bay will have surf every day - the challenge being to find clean conditions. Best of the wind in the North West will be on Saturday and Monday afternoon.
East Coast – Dublin Area
Surf Forecast
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Saturday: No surf today.
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Sunday: No surf today.
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Monday: No surf today.
Wind Forecast
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Saturday: 10-17 knots from the WNW peaking a little above that at about 3pm. Foils will be your friend today.
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Sunday: 10-17 knots in the morning from the WSW. From 1pm it builds to 10-20 knots from the west. This is the best window of the three days. Suitable for big windsurfing gear or foiling.
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Monday: Not much wind in the morning. It will build from mid-day on 9-14 knots initially from the south east building to 10-20 knots from the south at 3pm. Some potential there again big gear or foils will be the order of the day.
West Coast – Donegal Bay
Surf Forecast
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Saturday: 3.5 metre north west swell at 14 seconds with quite strong WNW winds. Plenty of swell but most spots in Donegal Bay will be pretty lumpy. Only the most tucked away spots will have clean surf.
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Sunday: 2.5-2.7 metre WNW swell at 11 seconds. Winds will move between a westerly and WNW direction throughout the day. Winds won’t be particularly strong but it will be hard to find clean waves.
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Monday: A 2 metre north swell at 13 seconds will drop slowly through the day. Winds will be from the east all day long giving really good conditions along north facing coasts or north west facing spots with full exposure to a north swell.
Wind Forecast
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Saturday: Strong 17-23 knots from the WNW at lunch time building to 20-27 knots by 5pm. Cracking forecast!
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Sunday: Wind is moving around all day from the WNW to north and back again in terms of direction but generally in the 9-14 knot range. Not an amazing forecast overall.
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Monday: Not a lot of wind first thing but building from the east all day reaching 13-22 knots by 3pm. Afternoon is showing potential.
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
