Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 23:00, Monday 25 May 2026 until 00:00, Wednesday 27 May 2026
Small Craft Warning
Northeast winds will increase to force 6 at times from later Tuesday afternoon on Irish coasts from Slyne Head to Rossan Point to Bloody Foreland.
Gale Warning
Nil.
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a light to moderate anticyclonic airflow, generated by a large area of high pressure of 1031hPa, centred over mainland Europe.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Valentia to Erris Head to Fair Head
Wind: North to northeast force 3 or 4. Soon increasing force 4 or 5. Later occasionally increasing force 6 between Slyne Head and Rossan Point.
Weather: Cloudy to fair. Mist and fog patches.
Visibility: Good, reducing moderate to poor in mist and fog.
Forecast for Fair Head to Howth Head to Carnsore Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Northerly or variable force 2 to 4. Soon increasing force 4 or 5.
Weather: Fair or fine.
Visibility: Good.
Forecast for Carnsore Point to Roches Point to Valentia
Wind: Becoming northeast to east force 2 to 4 imminent. Soon increasing mostly force 4. Later increasing force 4 or 5.
Weather: Fair or fine. Isolated mist or fog.
Visibility: Good, reducing moderate to poor in mist and fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Thursday 28 May 2026
Wind: Moderate to fresh, occasionally strong, northeast to east winds, becoming east to southeasterly later Wednesday. Weather: Mostly fair or fine. Well scattered showers possible later Wednesday and Wednesday night, with a chance of an isolated thunderstorm. Becoming cloudy in the south-west and south towards the end of the period with mist, drizzle and fog.
Forecast issued at: 23:00, Monday 25 May 2026
All times are local unless specified
