Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 23:00, Sunday 01 March 2026 until 00:00, Tuesday 03 March 2026
Small Craft Warning
1) South or southwest winds will reach force 6 or higher at times tonight on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Malin Head to Hook Head.
2) Southerly winds veering northwesterly will reach force 6 or higher on Monday on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Erris Head to Carlingford Lough.
Gale Warning
1) Southerly winds will reach gale force 8 for a time tonight on Irish coastal waters from Fair Head to Howth Head to Hook Head and on the Irish Sea.
2) South to southwest winds, veering northwesterly, will reach gale force 8 at times on Monday morning and afternoon on Irish coastal waters from Erris Head to Bloody Foreland.
Atlantic Swell
At times on Atlantic coasts.
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
A complex depression of 976hPa is centred between Ireland and Iceland, with its associated cold front tracking eastwards across the country. The cold front will clear eastwards tonight with a showery trough following from the northwest on Monday.
Gale Warning: In effect
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : yes
Forecast for Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Fair Head
Wind: Increasing south to southwest force 5 to 7 and gusty imminent. Soon mostly force 6 or 7 and gusty, occasionally force 8 between Erris Head and Bloody Foreland. Later veering northwesterly and decreasing force 4 or 5 towards the end of the period.
Weather: Cloudy to fair. Scattered showers soon, some heavy, with a chance of hail. Showers becoming isolated later.
Visibility: Moderate to poor in precipitation, otherwise good.
Forecast for Fair Head to Howth Head to Hook Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Southerly force 6 to gale force 8 and gusty, decreasing southwesterly force 3 to 5 imminent and soon. Later increasing southerly force 4 to 6, strongest in the northeast. Veering northwesterly towards the end of the period and decreasing force 4 or 5.
Weather: Rain, heavy at times, clearing eastwards imminent and soon, with cloudy to fair weather following. Isolated showers later.
Visibility: Moderate to poor in precipitation, otherwise good.
Forecast for Hook Head to Roches Point to Mizen Head
Wind: West to southwest force 4 or 5. Later becoming northerly.
Weather: Rain clearing eastwards imminent, with cloudy to fair weather following. Isolated showers later.
Visibility: Moderate to poor in precipitation, otherwise good.
Forecast for Mizen Head to Loop Head to Erris Head
Wind: Increasing southwesterly force 5 to 7 and occasionally gusty imminent. Soon becoming west to northwest. Later decreasing northerly force 4 or 5.
Weather: Cloudy to fair. Scattered showers soon, some heavy, becoming isolated later.
Visibility: Moderate to poor in precipitation, otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Wednesday 04 March 2026
Wind: Moderate to fresh northwest to northeast winds, becoming light to fresh anticyclonic variable by Tuesday morning. Later becoming moderate to fresh southeasterly. Weather: Mostly fair or fine. Becoming cloudy in the south towards the end of the period.
Forecast issued at: 23:00, Sunday 01 March 2026
All times are local unless specified
