Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Monday 20 April 2026 until 00:00, Tuesday 21 April 2026
Small Craft Warning
Easterly winds will reach force 6 at times on Monday morning and afternoon on Irish coasts from Roches Point to Mizen Head to Valentia.
Gale Warning
nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
High pressure of 1031hPa, centred near Iceland, generates a light to moderate east to northeast airflow over Ireland.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Carnsore Point to Valentia to Bloody Foreland
Wind: East to southeast force 3 to 5. Soon increasing force 4 or 5, reaching force 6 at times between Roches Point and Valentia. Later backing east to northeast.
Weather: Mostly fair or fine, with isolated showers and isolated mist patches.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in any showers and mist.
Forecast for Bloody Foreland to Strangford Lough to Carnsore Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Northeasterly or variable force 2 to 4. Later increasing easterly force 3 to 5.
Weather: Mostly fair or fine, with isolated showers and isolated mist patches.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in any showers and mist.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Wednesday 22 April 2026
Moderate to fresh easterly winds, strong in the southwest, increasing fresh to strong on Tuesday, reaching near gale force in the southwest. Weather: Mostly fair with well scattered showers.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Monday 20 April 2026
All times are local unless specified
