Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Saturday 04 July 2026 until 06:00, Sunday 05 July 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southwest winds will reach force 6 or higher this morning on Irish coasts from Loop Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head becoming confined to Irish coasts from Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Fair Head this afternoon (Saturday).
Gale Warning
Nil.
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a moderate to strong southwesterly airflow with an anticyclone of 1032hPa centred approximately 240 nautical miles southwest of Valentia. A waving warm front is slow-moving near the north coast.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Loop Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head
Wind: West to southwest force 5 or 6, occasionally force 7. Imminent decreasing force 5 or 6. Soon decreasing force 4 or 5, occasionally force 6.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with patchy light rain and drizzle and areas of mist and fog.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog. Otherwise good.
Forecast for Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Loop Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Mainly west to southwest force 4 or 5, but increasing force 6 at times on the North Irish Sea. Later decreasing force 3 to 5, but occasionally touching force 6 on the North Irish Sea.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with occasional drizzle and mist.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist. Otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Monday 06 July 2026
Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds, increasing strong at times in the northwest during Sunday. Weather: Cloudy in the north and west with patchy light rain and drizzle and areas of mist and fog. Mainly cloudy to fair elsewhere.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Saturday 04 July 2026
All times are local unless specified
