Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Tuesday 21 April 2026 until 00:00, Wednesday 22 April 2026
Small Craft Warning
Easterly winds will reach force 6 at times during Tuesday on all Irish coasts.
Gale Warning
nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
High pressure of 1038hPa, centred near Iceland, generates a light to moderate easterly airflow across the country. A large steering low lies to the southwest of Europe.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Carnsore Point to Valentia to Bloody Foreland
Wind: Easterly force 4 or 5. Force 5 or 6 imminent. Soon increasing force 5 to 7, strongest for southwest areas.
Weather: Mostly fair or fine, with isolated showers and isolated mist patches.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in any showers and mist.
Forecast for Bloody Foreland to Strangford Lough to Carnsore Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Northeasterly or variable force 2 to 4. Force 4 or 5 imminent, locally force 6 on the Irish Sea. Later increasing force 5 to 6.
Weather: Mostly fair or fine, with isolated showers and isolated mist patches.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in any showers and mist.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Thursday 23 April 2026
Mostly strong easterlies, reaching gale force for south-west areas. Weather: Mostly fair with just well scattered showers.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Tuesday 21 April 2026
All times are local unless specified
