Wind and surfing conditions

lamai

Is there a point were the wind will just ruin the conditions? I am looking at surfing in Donegal tomorrow. Ideal conditions would be a north westerly wind for the beach I go to. Tomorrow(wind guru) is showing;

Swell 14ft
Period 11 secs

Wind speed 23-24mph
Gusts 33-34mph

The beach is exposed

spaceHopper

Look up Lud's FAQ it's a good guide to forecasting.

For beginners all you want is lines of white water on a safe beach. So you don't want lots of water moving about or a strong wind to blow you out to sea.

As you get better you want a good swell generated by a low pressure out to sea so that the swell travels and the different period waves space out so you get cleaner waves. You want either no wind or a very light off shore wind, if it's to stroing off shore you'll get spray blown back into your face all the time and on a long board you'll get blown back off the face of the wave as you paddle for it.

Light on shores aren't great but can often be better than a very strong off shore, strong off shores also blow the swell back out to sea.

To keep it simple, no wind or light off or on shore is good, strong isn't.

lamai

spaceHopper wrote: »

Look up Lud's FAQ it's a good guide to forecasting.

For beginners all you want is lines of white water on a safe beach. So you don't want lots of water moving about or a strong wind to blow you out to sea.

As you get better you want a good swell generated by a low pressure out to sea so that the swell travels and the different period waves space out so you get cleaner waves. You want either no wind or a very light off shore wind, if it's to stroing off shore you'll get spray blown back into your face all the time and on a long board you'll get blown back off the face of the wave as you paddle for it.

Light on shores aren't great but can often be better than a very strong off shore, strong off shores also blow the swell back out to sea.

To keep it simple, no wind or light off or on shore is good, strong isn't.

Good post

thanks