Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Saturday 09 May 2026 until 00:00, Sunday 10 May 2026
Small Craft Warning
Northeasterly winds will reach force 6 at times during Saturday on Irish coasts from Fair Head to Mizen Head to Erris Head.
Gale Warning
Nil.
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a strengthening moderate to fresh northerly airflow between an anticyclone of 1034hPa in the mid-Atlantic and depression of 1002hPa centred between Iceland and Norway. A weak cold front is tracking southeastwards over the country.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Erris Head to Fair Head to Howth Head and for the North Irish Sea
Wind: Northerly force 4 or 5, imminent reaching force 6 at times.
Weather: Mainly fine or fair.
Visibility: Mostly good.
Forecast for Howth Head to Roches Point to Erris Head and for the South Irish Sea
Wind: Northeast force 4 to 6. Soon increasing force 5 to 7.
Weather: Fair to cloudy. Patchy rain, drizzle and mist possible later.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist, otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Monday 11 May 2026
Moderate to strong north to northeast winds, near gale at times in the south and southwest becoming northerly during Sunday and decreasing mostly moderate to fresh by the end of period. Weather; Fair to cloudy with isolated showers spreading from the northwest later.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Saturday 09 May 2026
All times are local unless specified
