Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 18:00, Friday 17 April 2026 until 18:00, Saturday 18 April 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southwest to west winds will reach force 6 this evening (Friday) and for a time tonight on Irish coasts from Wicklow Head to Valentia to Fair Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 15:00 UTC
A depression of 992hPa, centred approximately 260 nautical miles to the northwest of Malin Head, generates a fresh to near gale force southwesterly airflow over the country.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Mizen Head to Erris Head to Fair Head
Wind: Southwest to west mainly force 5 or 6 and gusty. Soon decreasing west to northwest force 4 to 6, strongest in the north. Later decreasing force 3 or 4.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered showers. Mostly fair later.
Visibility: Mostly good, decreasing moderate or poor in showers.
Forecast for Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Mizen Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Decreasing southwesterly force 4 or 5 imminent, occasionally force 6. Soon veering westerly. Later decreasing northwesterly or variable force 2 to 4, occasionally force 5.
Weather: Mostly fair with occasional showers.
Visibility: Mostly good, decreasing moderate or poor in showers.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 18:00, Sunday 19 April 2026
Light to moderate northwesterly or anticyclonic variable winds, occasionally fresh at first. Becoming easterly or anticyclonic variable by the of the period. Weather: Mostly fair with occasional showers.
Forecast issued at: 18:00, Friday 17 April 2026
All times are local unless specified
