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 British Isles Surf Prospects 16 - 26 May 2012
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 Posted by SoulSurfer on Wed 16th May, 2012 09:15 |
| Surf Forecast Region: UK | Visited 191 times |
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At last! Some hopes of real westerly swells
but you will Have to wait until late next week for them.
We are now in a flabby indeterminate area with good weather in the south and poor in the north. winds are likely to turn easterly along the channel for a while as a low moves north later in the week pressure will build again for a while. Another large weakish low developing slowly out in the atlantic around the middle of next week should start a new westerly ground swell that will start to come in around the weekend of 26th. |
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SOUTH WEST AND WALES (and south western Ireland).
Easterly winds developing for a while but no swell means flat. There may be a couple more peaks of small to medium onshore wind waves one later in the weekend and another around the middle of next week. No proper swells.
EAST COAST (Thurso area, use this and Far NW ).
Northerly swell and wind waves building again later in the week. Rather smaller and weaker waves than recently. Then fading small to flat as the weather slowly changes
FAR NORTH WEST OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
Northerly swells fading and leaving small local wind waves with no significant swell for most of next week
CHANNEL COAST (east of Start Point).
Small and messy with local wind waves from time to time
Activities and Comments.
We plan to be away for the week beginning 21st may so it is likely that there will be no updates that week.
The measurement of waves and surf quality is a vexed question and there is a lot of false Macho attitude "the bigger the better" around. This in my experience is not true for most people. There are also those who suggest that unless the surf is peeling perfectly and glassy smooth it is no good. Good medium sized surf in my book is usually in the range of 2-3ft with moderate winds either on, cross or offshore and cleanish faces. In other words the sort of stuff that comes around quite frequently and not just classic days. Small surf is in the 1-2ft region but should be rideable by most (if you can't ride this sort of surf your board is too small!) large surf is in the 4-6ft range and gets scary. If I think that the surf is going to be particularly good I will indicate it clearly for those who only go to the coast for special days.
You are welcome to ask a question or add a comment below. I will try to answer it by the time I post my next report and I will leave the answer up for a few days. |
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