Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Friday 29 August 2025 until 06:00, Saturday 30 August 2025
Small Craft Warning
West to northwest winds will reach force 6 at times today (Friday) on Irish coasts from Roches Point to Erris Head to Fair Head.
Gale Warning
Nil.
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
A depression of 984hPa, centred approximately 70 nautical miles north of Malin Head, generates a moderate to strong westerly airflow over Ireland with showery frontal troughs embedded in the flow.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Roche's Point to Valentia to Erris Head
Wind: West to northwest force 5 or 6 and gusty. Later decreasing westerly force 3 or 4 before increasing southerly force 4 to 6 by the end of the period.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered showers or longer spells of rain. Isolated showers soon. Cloudy with rain later.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in precipitation, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Fair Head
Wind: West to northwest mainly force 5 or 6 and gusty imminent. Later decreasing force 4 or 5 and further decreasing southwesterly force 3 or 4 by the end of the period.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered showers or longer spells of rain. Mostly cloudy with isolated showers later.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in precipitation, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Fair Head to Wicklow Head to Roche's Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Westerly force 4 or 5, occasionally force 6. Later decreasing force 3 or 4.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered showers. Isolated showers soon.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in showers, otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Sunday 31 August 2025
Fresh to strong and gusty southerly in the southwest and west Saturday morning, increasing near gale force to gale force and extending to all sea areas. Winds will veer southwest to west through Saturday afternoon, possibly reaching strong gale force for a time in the west, before decreasing strong to near gale force later. Weather: Rain in the west and southwest extending to all areas through Saturday morning, heavy at times, clearing to blustery showers or longer spells of rain through the afternoon and early evening.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Friday 29 August 2025
All times are local unless specified
