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 British Isles Surf Prospects 30 January - 9 February 2012
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 Posted by SoulSurfer on Mon 30th Jan, 2012 09:15 |
| Surf Forecast Region: UK | Visited 268 times |
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Winter draws on with cold easterlies and smallish westerly swells
A strong high over northern Europe is pushing cold Siberian winds towards us from the east. Lows out in the Atlantic are pushing warm wet winds from the south west. Both are meeting near the Britsh Isles and heading north and there is a waving battlefront running north south that could contain rain or snow and likely to move east and west rather unpredictably. The current best bet for the forecasters is that most of the weather will be to the west bringing easterly winds over the British Isles for this week and the weekend.
This could be OK for hardy surfers though because there will be easterly wind waves for the east and westerly swells for west coasts. This will continue all week and through next weekend but the west winds look likely to win the battle for a while some time next week but easterlies and high pressure could return later. |
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SOUTH WEST AND WALES (and south western Ireland).
Small to medium westerly swell with offshore easterly winds for most of the week. it may go very small to flat around Friday and Saturday but should build again later in the weekend.
EAST COAST (Thurso area, use this and Far NW ).
Easterly winds developing during the week to bring some wind waves that should get well into the medium size range but they will be very short period and messy.
FAR NORTH WEST OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
Small to medium westerly swells with easterly winds blowing them flat later in the week. north coasts very small to flat.
CHANNEL COAST (east of Start Point).
Easterly wind waves will develop during the week but it looks like they will be generally rather small and weak.
Activities and Comments.
No weekend plans at the moment
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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