Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 12:00, Sunday 11 October 2026 until 12:00, Monday 12 October 2026
Small Craft Warning
1. Southeasterly winds will reach force 6 or higher at times on all Irish coasts today (Sunday), becoming confined to the northeast by Monday morning.
2. Southerly winds will reach force 6 or higher Monday morning on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Loop Head to Erris Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
A ridge of high pressure extending from an anticyclone of 1018hPa, centred over France, is declining southeastwards as a frontal wave associated with a depression of 967hPa, centred south of Greenland, lies off the southwest coast. Further fronts will track northeastwards over the country through the period.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Hook Head to Valentia to Erris Head
Wind: Southeasterly force 5 to 7. Soon decreasing southwesterly force 4, occasionally force 5. Later decreasing force 3 or 4. Increasing southerly force 4 to 6 by the end of the period, reaching force 7 in the southwest.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle extending from the southwest. Mist and fog patches.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Erris Head to Fair Head to Hook Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Increasing southeasterly force 4 to 6 imminent. Soon increasing force 5 to 7, strongest mainly in the north. Later decreasing southerly force 4 to 6.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with occasional rain or drizzle. Mostly cloudy soon with outbreaks of rain and drizzle extending from the southwest. Mist and fog patches.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Tuesday 13 October 2026
Fresh to near gale force southerly winds, possibly reaching gale force in the northwest later Monday. Winds will decrease moderate to strong southwesterly winds Monday night. Veering southwest to west on Tuesday and occasionally reaching near gale force. Weather: Outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Mist and fog patches. The rain will be heavy or thundery at times Monday night before clearing eastwards to showers.
Forecast issued at: 12:00, Sunday 11 October 2026
All times are local unless specified
