Where the F* is the swell?

Kell

Is it just me, but I have been checking the eyeball reports for Lahinch and its been flat for about three months and, strandhill is either the same or blown out?

I have had to console myself with relatively ok swell in Tramore, but I have been itching to get out west. Has anywhere west been working recently i.e. bundoran, streedagh, tullen etc?

Ta.

K-

frag420

ive had a few nice enough sessions at streedagh recently. bundoran has been ok too. jus call the local shops before ya head across the country and they can fill you in.

cornbb

Guess its just the summer lull I had some pretty good sessions in Lahinch about a month ago but haven't even been checking since then tbh. Windguru says the swell is due to pick up later this week, happy days.

Decos

The swell has been there man! Ive had some great sessions in the last few months.
Unreal waves in lahinch last week, the best in ages, twas world class stuff without a doubt. The evidence:

http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPhoto.php?photoId=101789&browseSession=f682b8ea00f519aea5a8ee709a9eef2e

http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPhoto.php?photoId=102105&browseSession=f682b8ea00f519aea5a8ee709a9eef2e

http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPhoto.php?photoId=102220&browseSession=f682b8ea00f519aea5a8ee709a9eef2e

http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPhoto.php?photoId=102219&browseSession=f682b8ea00f519aea5a8ee709a9eef2e

loctite

3ft on Turf @ doug today...

stupidbaby

ya - no shortage of swell in lahinch recently. what eyeball reports have you been checking?

seachto7

what sites are ye checking?

cue

No shortage of waves in Strandhill and Donegal.

Kell

seachto7 wrote: »

what sites are ye checking?

Either Tom Buckley from the Lahinch surf shop is a f*ckin liar or the 11am eyeball reports arent indicative of the rest of the day. All of his reports for the last three months have been no bigger than 2-3ft :mad:

http://magicseaweed.com/view-user-report.php?id=18180 is what his reports usually look like.

Havent ventured to Strandhill as the view from the cam looks cr*p most of the time :mad:


Gonna get me wesht soon even on spec.

Thanks all.

K-

Decos

Either Tom Buckley from the Lahinch surf shop is a f*ckin liar or the 11am eyeball reports arent indicative of the rest of the day. All of his reports for the last three months have been no bigger than 2-3ft

But thats just a snapshot of that moment in time, nothing more nothing less. He cant do any better than that really. Keep your eye on the oceanscene or lahinchsurfshop webcam instead, they gives a much better idea of whats going on in realtime. You have to check the detailed forecasts on magicseaweed or windguru for different times of the day to get a proper idea what the swell will be doing. The waves can change in such a short space of time.

cue

Kell wrote: »

Gonna get me wesht soon even on spec.

Check the turf n surf or Bundoran surf co sites. They have daily reports, forecasts and live cams. Or give them a ring on the day.

Kell

Decos wrote: »

You have to check the detailed forecasts on magicseaweed or windguru for different times of the day to get a proper idea what the swell will be doing. The waves can change in such a short space of time.

Have always found those sites 100% inaccurate.

Try http://www.marine.ie/home/publicationsdata/data/buoys for the most accurate information about what the ocean is doing.

K-

tonyfillony

I find both magicseaweed and windguru can be completely wrong sometimes and other time they get it right.

what i have been doing for the last few year or so is creating a surf log. he is what i do :
for anyday i go down the beach , when i get home later i copy and paste the conditions that were present at the time i was down there from magicseaweed. i rate the conditions out of 10 and what beaches i visited. this way i can check the forecast and then compare the conditions to my surf log so i can try and predict where and when the waves will be. I find this alot better than using magicseaweed or windguru

smythire

i am up in strandhill now and its a mighty wind thats a blowing. there was a large swell yeresterday, but i arrived too late. the next or last of the best was earlier that day.

i am head towards eastke aalthought the wind in on shore.......

Shane_C

Kell wrote: »

Either Tom Buckley from the Lahinch surf shop is a f*ckin liar or the 11am eyeball reports arent indicative of the rest of the day. All of his reports for the last three months have been no bigger than 2-3ft :mad:.

An experienced, balls in his (or her) hand surfer measures the swell from the back of the wave, i.e. a 3ft swell means a 6ft drop in.

Decos

what i have been doing for the last few year or so is creating a surf log. he is what i do :
for anyday i go down the beach , when i get home later i copy and paste the conditions that were present at the time i was down there from magicseaweed. i rate the conditions out of 10 and what beaches i visited. this way i can check the forecast and then compare the conditions to my surf log so i can try and predict where and when the waves will be. I find this alot better than using magicseaweed or windguru

Ive always meant to start doing this, its a good idea.

Have always found those sites 100% inaccurate.

Always? How often do you surf?
I dunno, ive often found those sites to be sometimes wrong but ive also often found them to be spot on.

cornbb

Kell wrote: »

Have always found those sites 100% inaccurate.

No forecast in the world can be 100% accurate. They can't possibly take the huge number of relevant local factors into account. But I've always found windguru to be pretty accurate (e.g. compared to the Met Eireann sea area forecast) when it comes to forecasting wind at least.

Kell

Shane_C wrote: »

i.e. a 3ft swell means a 6ft drop in.

Which I know, however the eyeball report in question is 2-3ft at the face when looking at the photos.

K-

loctite

Heard Lahinch was pumping today.... 6ft and super clean.

Dublin sucks balls.....

whynotwhycanti

sitting here in work and the lahinch webcam looks awesome.

Its not fair, thats it, im moving west

loctite

Sick isn't it.... Mates were out. Rang me to tell me all about it or more rub it in...

Can't put a price on true fiendship!:D

happyoutscan

Enjoyed Fanore this evening although a bit messy.

whynotwhycanti

Friends, thats what they're there for. To rub your nose it in when they get to score sick waves and you can't

Crumble Froo

whynotwhycanti wrote: »

Friends, thats what they're there for. To rub your nose it in when they get to score sick waves and you can't

hahahaha, sounds about right. nearly killed me when i was getting my winter wettie patched up while i was injured, into the shop, said what i wanted done, needed to check some stuff, so guy on desk made small talk.... about the awesome swell last week... 'no, been injured, not allowed surf'... 'aw, sucks man... so you won't be out this weekend?'... 'no, still injured', 'aw sucks man, meant to be a sweet swell in this weekend, and westerlies too'... *grits teeth*
'no... still not alllowed surf, really don't want to hear it'... 'so you weren't out last friday? dude, that was off the hook!'.... '*scowls*. no.'.


seriously... people can't honestly do that on purpose... can they?!

BraziliaNZ

Crumble Froo wrote: »

dude, that was off the hook!'....

woah where were you California or something?
Might have a well paid job transfer starting in Sligo real soon, here's hopin'

gerk86

"you should have seen it yesterday!"

thats the worst one

Crumble Froo

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

woah where were you California or something?
Might have a well paid job transfer starting in Sligo real soon, here's hopin'

ha, nz actually, christchurch. just when i thought i'd figured out the accent and the lingo, i fell in with a surfing crowd...

BraziliaNZ

must be freezing down there now, it's even colder than west of ireland there in winter, well the winter i spent in NZ it was anyway but i was up north, do people surf in july/August?

Crumble Froo

got our first bout of hail/snow the other day. mates are all starting to get excited about snowboarding, and people are starting to look at me like im a nutter for still surfing in this weather... feck's sake, the water's still about 12 degrees, absolutely grand, really. though this year i have a hoody, which has made the world of a difference to the first 10mins and that dreadful instant brainfreeze, and after my last surf, i called round to a mate and came home with free (used and slightly holey) booties, so im well stoked!

last year i did the whole winter in nothing but my 4:3 wettie.

BraziliaNZ

just move to the north island i much preferred living there!

Crumble Froo

not a chance. my OH is a chch boy, through and through. no way he's moving up north. and im quite happy out here. swell's consistently decent, and ive a coupla decent mates here.

BraziliaNZ

i didnt like xchurch at all, dead as disco

Crumble Froo

im not big into the city/night scene tbh. i dont earn enough. i like being close to two very different beaches to surf (well more than that, but my lack of driving license has meant i can't get to taylor's, or any of hte secret spots unaided.), i can skate to and from work and there's a pretty sweet punk/goth scene around here. so im happy.

BraziliaNZ

looks like this coming weekend is going to be a belter, offshore winds, low 20s and sunny, and nice size waves too.
I have a feeling though that the west coast will see more surfers out this weekend than any other weekend, EVER! So if you're going make sure you get out early!

loctite

pfffffsssst!!! What drivel.... this weekend is going to be CAT....
I reckon all those who are plannin on heading west head to Wicklow... heard its gonna be epic there!!! :rolleyes:

Can't wait for it!!!! Hope the forecast is bang on the money!!!!

MarkHobBray1977

WICKLOW FTW !!! LOL

smythire

Was Wicklow worth the wait? West coast was alright, something to catch while sitting in the wonderful sunshine

will3k

smythire wrote: »

Was Wicklow worth the wait? West coast was alright, something to catch while sitting in the wonderful sunshine

Were you in Clare Smythire?
I was up in Strandhill for Sat+Sun and had a few great sessions, I've not been a fan of strandhill the last few years, but really enjoyed it last weekend.

BraziliaNZ

will3k wrote: »

Were you in Clare Smythire?
I was up in Strandhill for Sat+Sun and had a few great sessions, I've not been a fan of strandhill the last few years, but really enjoyed it last weekend.

Must have been jammed in Strandhill? No swell on horizon for long time i reckon

ThOnda

I will try to get some pictures on Saturday, Easky is my preferred location. If somebody goes in that direction, please, let me know. Co. Sligo, Donegal and Mayo are possible areas where I would like to go.

BraziliaNZ

there will be no swell this weekend

whynotwhycanti

yeah no swell this weekend, looks like the first summer flat spell. Will let you know when going up again. Saw you there in easky two weeks ago

ThOnda

There are some stars on windguru.

cornbb

ThOnda wrote: »

There are some stars on windguru.

Stars mean wind, not swell. One star is about enough wind to put a few ripples on the water

theCaffers

dammit - missed last weekend was at the cat laughs instead - might be waiting a while

will3k

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Must have been jammed in Strandhill? No swell on horizon for long time i reckon

Was busy alright, but plenty of peaks along the beach to choose from. The lineups were friendly, and everyone was just having a laugh. Really nice shape to the waves. I was down infront of the campsite there and had no drop-ins, only had to give a bark now and again.

ThOnda

Is anybody going to surf in Co. Sligo this Saturday?

BraziliaNZ

ThOnda wrote: »

Is anybody going to surf in Co. Sligo this Saturday?

haven't you read the last few posts?

whynotwhycanti

yeah there may be people surfing some local windswell but i wouldnt bother as it'll be ****e if anything at all. hopefully something rolling in late next week, bit early to tell but looks like something moving across the atlantic that could hit by late week, weekend. Heres hoping but summer conditions seem to have arrived.

frag420

ThOnda wrote: »

Is anybody going to surf in Co. Sligo this Saturday?

yeah im up here all the time. not much coming this way this weekend. best option would be streedagh(north facing beach break)

smythire

east coast should be working this weekend