Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Sunday 02 August 2026 until 06:00, Monday 03 August 2026
Small Craft Warning
1. Southeast to east winds will reach force 6 at times Sunday on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Valentia to Slyne Head.
2. East to northeast winds will reach force 6 at times Monday morning on Irish coasts from Belfast Lough to Strangford Lough to Howth Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
A mainly light variable airflow covers Ireland generated by an anticyclone of 1021Pa centred over Europe and a slowly approaching broad depression of 1005hPa, centred to the southwest of Ireland in the mid-Atlantic.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Roches Point to Valentia to Erris Head
Wind: Increasing southeasterly force 4 to 6 imminent.
Weather: Cloudy with rain, drizzle and mist.
Visibility: Moderate to poor in precipitation and mist.
Forecast for Erris Head to Belfast Lough to Roches Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Variable force 3 or less. Soon increasing northeasterly force 2 to 4. Later increasing easterly force 3 to 5 and occasionally reaching force 6. Decreasing southeasterly force 2 to 4 south of Howth Head by the end of the period.
Weather: Fair to cloudy. Soon becoming mostly cloudy with rain and drizzle in the northwest and a few mist or fog patches possible in the south.
Visibility: Mostly good, but decreasing moderate or poor in any precipitation, mist or fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Tuesday 04 August 2026
Moderate to strong east to southeast winds will decrease mostly moderate to fresh southerly or cyclonic variable by Monday evening. Weather: Mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain, drizzle and mist.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Sunday 02 August 2026
All times are local unless specified
