Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 13:00, Friday 26 June 2026 until 12:00, Saturday 27 June 2026
Small Craft Warning
1. North to northeast winds will occasionally reach force 6 for a time this afternoon (Friday) on coasts from Slyne Head to Erris Head to Bloody Foreland
2. Southerly winds will reach force 6 this afternoon (Friday) on coasts from Carlingford Lough to Howth Head to Wicklow Head.
3. This evening (Friday) and overnight southerly winds will occasionally reach force 6 on coasts from Fair Head to Roches Pt to Erris Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
A complex area of low pressure extending from the northwest of Spain to the north of England, generates an unstable cyclonic variable airflow over Ireland. A cold front is slow moving near the northwest coast.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Valentia to Slyne Head to Erris Head
Wind: North to northeast force 4 to 6, backing southerly south of Slyne Head imminent, soon becoming southerly for all of the region and increasing force 5 or 6, later decreasing southwesterly force 3 or 4 on Saturday morning.
Weather: Cloudy with showers, some heavy and with thunderstorms possible.
Visibility: Reducing poor in showers.
Forecast for Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Fair Head
Wind: North to northeast force 4 to 6, decreasing northeast force 4 or 5 imminent, later backing southerly force 4 or 5, increasing south to southeast force 5 or 6.
Weather: Cloudy with showers, some heavy and with thunderstorms possible.
Visibility: Reducing poor in showers.
Forecast for Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Valentia and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Southerly or variable force 3 to 5, increasing southerly force 4 to 6 imminent and reaching force 7 on the Irish Sea, later continuing southerly force 5 or 6.
Weather: Fair with isolated showers. Some thunderstorms possible.
Visibility: Reducing poor in showers.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Sunday 28 June 2026
Fresh, occasionally strong southerly winds, decreasing moderate to fresh southwesterly, increasing strong in the northwest later on Sunday. Showers or longer spells of rain, clearing to scattered showers on Saturday night.
Forecast issued at: 13:00, Friday 26 June 2026
All times are local unless specified
