Surfing in Dublin

Morf3h · 16-11-2010 11:13am

Yeah well spotted SpaceHopper. I'm gonna head down to Killiney about half 1 looks like there could be waves

rodento · 16-11-2010 12:12pm

Spacehopper is fecking with your brain, not a chance of surf in Killiney today

spaceHopper · 16-11-2010 12:22pm

rodento wrote: »

Spacehopper is fecking with your brain, not a chance of surf in Killiney today

Good chacne for tomorrow.

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rodento · 16-11-2010 2:15pm

Don't know how you can say that with an ultra high low tide

Morf3h · 16-11-2010 2:51pm

Yeah you were right rodento, there were waves but the neap tides we're in at the moment meant they were pretty small and period was only 3-4secs. Real shame, will have to go west so!

tinerua · 16-11-2010 10:16pm

Gonna try for Wednesday morning at Portmarnock. Haven't got the luxury of headin west at the drop of a hat with my two little ones in tow. Gotta take what I can get here.

yank_in_eire · 17-11-2010 1:07am

seanieclarke wrote: »

are there any decent places in Dublin to surf Cheers

No.

rodento · 17-11-2010 9:30am

spaceHopper wrote: »

Good chacne for tomorrow.

Spacehopper how can you say there is a good chance of surf in killiney today when conditions will make it unsurfable, with really strong onshore winds and no suitable tide.

In those contitions killiney will be a really dangerous place

conman78new · 17-11-2010 11:45am

There will be waves today in and near Dublin, just got to find the sheltered points and bays! Espec with the wind dropping around mid morning for a while, will be decent conditions til bout 4 when it picks up again. (find yourself a headland or a pier to surf beside)

spaceHopper · 17-11-2010 1:26pm

rodento wrote: »

Spacehopper how can you say there is a good chance of surf in killiney today when conditions will make it unsurfable, with really strong onshore winds and no suitable tide.

In those contitions killiney will be a really dangerous place

Ratty I’d said before that killiney isn’t beginner friendly but Bray and MM would be worth a look .

By the way the wind has dropped http://www.dlharbour.ie/weather/index.php

rodento · 17-11-2010 1:46pm

Spacy I'm not getting at you, we have no idea how good a surfer Morf3h is. With the current tides, no rocks will show on the bouldery point, yet waves will break close to the shore.

That kinda of combo is nasty

Morf3h · 17-11-2010 2:44pm

I appreciate the concern rodento but I've been out in White rock for the past three years. I'm down here now on killiney beach nthinking of taking the longboard out. It's messy at White rock. Just watched a guy try to paddle out for the last 20 mins.

tinerua · 17-11-2010 3:29pm

Ahhh! I'm ragin! Can't make it out today cuz I've no one to mind the little ones. Did anyone go to Portmarnock today? How was it? Maybe it's best I don't know...

Morf3h · 17-11-2010 3:57pm

Few people out In killiney now

davidino · 17-11-2010 5:18pm

tinerua wrote: »

Ahhh! I'm ragin! Can't make it out today cuz I've no one to mind the little ones. Did anyone go to Portmarnock today? How was it? Maybe it's best I don't know...

I was in Portmarnock from 11:30 to 14:00, I took some photo.
Link today's photo:
http://www.alwaysaroundtheworld.com/sports/surf/ireland/dublin_area/photo/photo_dublin_area.html.

davidino · 17-11-2010 5:23pm

Morf3h wrote: »

Few people out In killiney now

Sorry but when you write about Killiney you mean the killiney beach or other place ?.

tinerua · 17-11-2010 10:13pm

davidino wrote: »

I was in Portmarnock from 11:30 to 14:00, I took some photo.
Link today's photo:
http://www.alwaysaroundtheworld.com/sports/surf/ireland/dublin_area/photo/photo_dublin_area.html.

Damn! That looks nice. Wish I had been there.

davidino · 17-11-2010 10:22pm

Will somebody go in Killiney or Portmanrock tomorrow ?

tinerua · 17-11-2010 10:35pm

davidino wrote: »

Will somebody go in Killiney or Portmanrock tomorrow ?

I'd like to try for Portmarnock myself but I don't know if the conditions will be as good as today. I'm still kind of new to reading all these online charts like windguru and such.

davidino · 17-11-2010 10:42pm

tinerua wrote: »

I'd like to try for Portmarnock myself but I don't know if the conditions will be as good as today. I'm still kind of new to reading all these online charts like windguru and such.

If you decide to go write my a post, maybe we'll can met there.

davidino · 21-11-2010 1:00pm

Hi!
Did someone see Portmanrock this morning ?
Because I saw that there is a good wind from North-East maybe there are same wave

davidino · 23-11-2010 2:48pm

Could anyone suggest me which is the best, Portmanrock or Killiney, for next Thursday and Wendesday ?
I saw the forecast, will be a strong N-NE wind, when do you think is the better time to go surfing, morning or afternoon ? I mean for the wave of course.

Thanks

kodute · 23-11-2010 3:04pm

davidino wrote: »

Could anyone suggest me which is the best, Portmanrock or Killiney, for next Thursday and Wendesday ?
I saw the forecast, will be a strong N-NE wind, when do you think is the better time to go surfing, morning or afternoon ? I mean for the wave of course.

Thanks

I'd suggest you go look for yourself. They are only 40 mins apart, check out each one, note the conditions and remember for next time. Thats how most people do it.

Alternatively head west, all the good surf is there.

davidino · 23-11-2010 3:17pm

kodute wrote: »

I'd suggest you go look for yourself. They are only 40 mins apart, check out each one, note the conditions and remember for next time. Thats how most people do it.

Alternatively head west, all the good surf is there.

Hi Kodute.
I saw you live in Galway,maybe next Saturday and Sunday I will be in Lahinch.
The forecast doesn't to gave waves, you think is possible to go surfing ?
I'm a beginner, I surfing only 3 times.

kodute · 23-11-2010 4:29pm

davidino wrote: »

Hi Kodute.
I saw you live in Galway,maybe next Saturday and Sunday I will be in Lahinch.
The forecast doesn't to gave waves, you think is possible to go surfing ?
I'm a beginner, I surfing only 3 times.

Outlook not so good for the weekend. Wed/Thurs looks better.

OldGuysRule · 23-11-2010 5:34pm

Davidino,

The West Coast Surf Club are having their Christmas party in Lahinch on the Saturday night - head to Kennys. There is a bit of a board swapsie planned for the afternoon, there are likely to be plenty of longboards around. Make yourself known and you might get a surf if there are a few waves

spaceHopper · 23-11-2010 5:35pm

davidino wrote: »

Hi Kodute.
I saw you live in Galway,maybe next Saturday and Sunday I will be in Lahinch.
The forecast doesn't to gave waves, you think is possible to go surfing ?
I'm a beginner, I surfing only 3 times.

Killiney works best on low tided but has a lot of rocks in the shore line and isn’t good for beginners so give it a miss, you could look at Bray or Portmarnaock. There is a beach south of Wicklow called Maghermore that works on a South swell / wind but it is not safe on a north swell / wind even for experienced surfers so steer clear of it this week.

davidino · 23-11-2010 5:44pm

What you suggest for this week-end, go to Lahinch or stay in Bray?

rodento · 23-11-2010 5:53pm

Stay local, driving conditions will be leathal

conman78new · 23-11-2010 6:19pm

If you go west Streedagh or Rossnowlagh look the most likely to have a sheltered wave but not sure if worth the risk if the snow comes....Bray and Portmarnock will be worth a look as long as the wind stays northerly so no harm in popping along to either...you'll have to be kitted out in the early morn dark for Killiney but should be decent, not worth your while though if still learning..Dumps fast and not much of a whitewash run so Bray or Prtmarnock if u get a board and wetsuit!

davidino · 23-11-2010 6:44pm

conman78new wrote: »

If you go west Streedagh or Rossnowlagh look the most likely to have a sheltered wave but not sure if worth the risk if the snow comes....Bray and Portmarnock will be worth a look as long as the wind stays northerly so no harm in popping along to either...you'll have to be kitted out in the early morn dark for Killiney but should be decent, not worth your while though if still learning..Dumps fast and not much of a whitewash run so Bray or Prtmarnock if u get a board and wetsuit!

Thanks, I'm going to go to Brain or Portmanrock.
I red that Bray is good during the midle tide but I didn't find anythinghs about Pormanrock.
I stay in Dublin so It's no easy for me to decide where to go.

stereo_mike · 25-11-2010 4:06pm

davidino wrote: »

Thanks, I'm going to go to Brain or Portmanrock.
I red that Bray is good during the midle tide but I didn't find anythinghs about Pormanrock.
I stay in Dublin so It's no easy for me to decide where to go.

Portmarnock can be very mushie. i find that the swell down in donabate is a little cleaner cause its less sheltered and more of a swell can get in.If you do go to donabate careful of the rocks down by the tower if you go 50 metres past that you should get a nice bit of surf on a good day.

davidino · 26-11-2010 12:02am

stereo_mike wrote: »

Portmarnock can be very mushie. i find that the swell down in donabate is a little cleaner cause its less sheltered and more of a swell can get in.If you do go to donabate careful of the rocks down by the tower if you go 50 metres past that you should get a nice bit of surf on a good day.

I red your post too late !
This morning at 9 o'clock I went in Portmanrock, the sea was very messy but there were few nice waves (remember that I'm a beginer). The next time I'm going to go to donabate, maybe next Tuesday.
Thanks for the suggest.

revileandy · 29-11-2010 10:51am

Rush was decent again on sat 27th.

Very messy as usual but grand to be able to get in for and hour, only 5 mins from home.

There were some great waves out there but the frequency was too much, very hard to get set up and positioned properly when they just keep coming so quickly - ended up missing most of the best ones..

though I did get one great wave which made it all worth while. I started off halfway up the beach, surfed this one all the way back down, practically ended up in the car park.

Dublin Surf! · 05-12-2010 11:46am

Portmarnock is a good enough place to surf. From November to January you can catch a wave or two

. Water is clean. We just got our blue flag

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Check this video out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CihmDua15t4

ted1 · 05-12-2010 11:52am

i didn't see any surfing in that video. Just a guy lying on a board.

NickDrake · 06-12-2010 8:48pm

Dublin Surf! wrote: »

Portmarnock is a good enough place to surf. From November to January you can catch a wave or two . Water is clean. We just got our blue flag .

Check this video out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CihmDua15t4

The waves are just closing out. Its shiitee

Dublin Surf! · 07-12-2010 12:05pm

NickDrake wrote: »

The waves are just closing out. Its shiitee

Yea. Well what do you expect from the east coast. Also in the video thats not me.

SteviePitt · 21-12-2010 10:13pm

Lads.. I'm definetly not going surfing in Dublin atleast untill march with the snow and all that. Heard the swell isn't too bad then and the weathers a toasty 9 degrees ! I'd like to know if any of you have surfed this time of year... Thanks

stereo_mike · 21-12-2010 10:51pm

SteviePitt wrote: »

Lads.. I'm definetly not going surfing in Dublin atleast untill march with the snow and all that. Heard the swell isn't too bad then and the weathers a toasty 9 degrees ! I'd like to know if any of you have surfed this time of year... Thanks

I did a session up in bundoran last week. Was pretty cold but i wasn't wearing a hood. I'll go out whenever as long as there is a decent swell.might have a ore Christmas dinner session if there is any swell this weekend

SteviePitt · 23-12-2010 6:21pm

yeah Bundoran looks pretty good for Sunday http://magicseaweed.com/Bundoran-The-Peak-Surf-Report/50/ hopefully the weather will clear up some time soon

SteviePitt · 12-01-2011 10:24pm

This Saturday looks good enough for Dublin area. 11 ft swell 54 mph wind... Portmarnock, Killiney, possibly Magheramore in Wicklow .
Where do you think I should go. ( east coast )

eiresurfer · 13-01-2011 2:22pm

Wicklow spots may well be working this weekend.

However, the charts suggest the swell may not wrap around enough, but these can often be slightly wrong - and possibly wrong enough to gamble on the trip down to have a look on saturday:

http://www.eiresurfer.com/noaawavewatchiii.htm

conman78new · 13-01-2011 7:06pm

Will be east coast waves all weekend from Wex to Louth...Sat will prob be too stormy unless u find ultimate shelter..if exposed dont waste your time, period and shape will be appalling poss not safe either...those in the know will know where to go down Wicklow way but prob best waves to be had tomoro avo and sunday morn!

SteviePitt · 13-01-2011 8:03pm

conman78new wrote: »

Will be east coast waves all weekend from Wex to Louth...Sat will prob be too stormy unless u find ultimate shelter..if exposed dont waste your time, period and shape will be appalling poss not safe either...those in the know will know where to go down Wicklow way but prob best waves to be had tomoro avo and sunday morn!

I leterally live 2 miles away from Portmarnock beach and it's pretty sheltered .It's a 54 mph offshore wind too so im guessing they'll definetly be waves, what is the danger of surfing in an exposed area?

cornbb · 13-01-2011 9:10pm

SteviePitt wrote: »

This Saturday looks good enough for Dublin area. 11 ft swell 54 mph wind... Portmarnock, Killiney, possibly Magheramore in Wicklow .
Where do you think I should go. ( east coast )

I think you should stay in bed unless you want a trip to Wales.

Did you look at the wind direction and speed? Its offshore on the east coast. The only waves on the east coast this weekend are waves that'll be moving away from the beach.

ThOnda · 13-01-2011 10:18pm

Wales are you saying?

Well, my few cents I put into a piggy bank every time I see RNLI boat on a counter still haven't paid for such trip. I'll pass again.

spaceHopper · 13-01-2011 10:55pm

I leterally live 2 miles away from Portmarnock beach and it's pretty sheltered .It's a 54 mph offshore wind too so im guessing they'll definetly be waves, what is the danger of surfing in an exposed area?

The danger is getting blow out to sea and not being able to get back in by yourself.

cornbb · 13-01-2011 11:40pm

ThOnda wrote: »

Wales are you saying?
Well, my few cents I put into a piggy bank every time I see RNLI boat on a counter still haven't paid for such trip. I'll pass again.

Hah, I always give money to the RNLI without fail too. Call me superstitious. I've had a couple of close calls.

Seriously though, people shouldn't go surfing in +50mph offshore winds. Terrible surfing conditions, not to mention the obvious safety factor.

SteviePitt · 14-01-2011 7:47pm

Haha thanks lads you might have saved my bacon if I had gone out.

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