Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 16:00, Friday 03 July 2026 until 18:00, Saturday 04 July 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southwest winds will increase to force 6 or higher on Irish coasts from Loop Head to Erris Head to Malin Head.
Gale Warning
Nil.
Meteorological Situation at 15:00 UTC
An anticylonce of 1034hPa centred approximately 400 nautical miles south of Mizen Head, generates a moderate to fresh southwesterly airflow over Ireland.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Loop Head to Erris Head to Fair Head
Wind: Southwest force 4 to 6, occasionally force 7. Decreasing southwest force 4 or 5 by the end of the period.
Weather: Cloudy with scattered outbreaks of light rain and drizzle in the north. Mist and fog patches also.
Visibility: Good, reducing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Fair Head to Roches Point to Loop Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Southwest force 4 or 5, and occasionally force 6. Decreasing force 3 to 5 by the end of the period.
Weather: Mostly cloudy, cloudy to fair in the southeast. Mist and fog patches also.
Visibility: Good, reducing moderate or poor in mist and fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 18:00, Sunday 05 July 2026
Moderate to fresh southwest winds will ease light to moderate westerly or anticyclonic variable on Sunday. Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the north and northwest.
Forecast issued at: 16:00, Friday 03 July 2026
All times are local unless specified
