Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 12:00, Monday 10 August 2026 until 12:00, Tuesday 11 August 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southeast winds will reach force 6 at times tomorrow morning (Tuesday) on Irish coasts between Valentia and Loop Head.
Gale Warning
nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
High pressure of 1023hPa centred over Ireland generates a light, occasionally moderate, anticyclonic airflow over the country. A depression of 987hPa is centred over the mid-Atlantic with its associated weather fronts approaching the west of the country.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Roches Point to Erris Head to Fair Head
Wind: Southeasterly or anticyclonic variable force 2 to 4. Soon increasing east to southeast force 3 or 4. Later increasing southeasterly force 4 or 5, occasionally force 6 between Valentia and Erris Head.
Weather: Fair. Later becoming cloudy in the south, west and northwest with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle and some mist patches too.
Visibility: Generally good, reducing moderate or poor in any precipitation or mist later.
Forecast for Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Roches Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Anticyclonic variable force 2 or 3, occasionally force 4. Later becoming east to southeast force 2 to 4.
Weather: Fair.
Visibility: Good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Wednesday 12 August 2026
Moderate to fresh, occasionally strong, south to southeast winds in the southwest, west and northwest. Light to moderate, occasionally fresh, south to southeast winds elsewhere. Weather: Cloudy further west with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Fair further east.
Forecast issued at: 12:00, Monday 10 August 2026
All times are local unless specified
