Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Wednesday 26 November 2025 until 06:00, Thursday 27 November 2025
Small Craft Warning
1. South to southwest winds will increase to force 6 or higher this morning (Wednesday) and for a short time early this afternoon, on Irish coasts from Erris Head to Howth Head to Mizen Head. 2. South to southwest winds will increase to force 6 or higher this evening (Wednesday) and early tonight on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Slyne Head to Malin Head, extending to all Irish coasts overnight.
Gale Warning
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a mostly moderate to strong southerly airflow, with high pressure of 1029hPa to the west of Iberia, low pressure of 997hPa centred over Iceland and another area of low pressure of 997hPa in the mid-Atlantic. An associated warm front in western areas will continue to move eastwards over Ireland this morning and early afternoon.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Roches Point to Slyne Head to Malin Head
Wind: Decreasing southwest to west force 4 or 5 imminent. Soon backing southwesterly and increasing force 4 to 6. Later backing southerly and increasing force 6 or near gale force 7 and gusty.
Weather: Cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Occasional mist and fog.
Visibility: Moderate to poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Malin Head to Howth Head to Roches Point and for the Irish Sea.
Wind: Southerly force 5 or 6 and occasionally gusty, increasing near gale force 7 at times imminent. Soon veering southwesterly and decreasing force 4 or 5. Later backing south to southwest and increasing force 5 or 6 and occasionally gusty.
Weather: Cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading eastwards imminent. Occasional mist and fog developing in southern areas imminent and elsewhere soon.
Visibility: Mostly good at first. Decreasing moderate to poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Friday 28 November 2025
Wind: Strong to near gale force southerly winds, veering southwesterly on Thursday morning and early afternoon and increasing strong to gale force and gusty, strongest in the west and north, with winds reaching strong gale force for a time in the northwest and north. Weather: Cloudy with rain, drizzle, mist and fog. Becoming cloudy to fair from the west through Thursday morning and afternoon, with scattered showers following, some heavy and of hail, with a chance of thunder.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Wednesday 26 November 2025
All times are local unless specified
