Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 11:30, Tuesday 30 June 2026 until 12:00, Wednesday 01 July 2026
Small Craft Warning
1. Northwest winds will reach force 6 at times this evening (Tuesday) on Irish coasts from Roches Point to Mizen Head to Valentia. 2. Southerly winds will reach force 6 or higher tomorrow morning (Wednesday) on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Slyne Head to Rossan Point.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
A depression of 1015hPa over the northwest of Ireland generates a moderate to fresh cyclonic airflow over the country. An associated occlusion moves eastwards over the area.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Carnsore Point to Roches Point to Valentia
Wind: Southwest to west force 4 or 5. Imminently increasing west to northwest force 4 to 6. Soon decreasing northwest force 4 or 5. Later decreasing anticyclonic force 3 or 4. Becoming southwesterly force 4 or 5 at the end of the period.
Weather: Cloudy or fair with isolated showers.
Visibility: Mainly good. Decreasing moderate in showers.
Forecast for Valentia to Erris Head to Bloody Foreland
Wind: Northwest force 4 or 5 imminent. Soon decreasing force 3 or 4. Later backing southerly force 5 to 7 and gusty.
Weather: Cloudy or fair with isolated showers and mist. Later cloudy with rain, drizzle and mist.
Visibility: Mainly good. Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist.
Forecast for Bloody Foreland to Strangford Lough to Carnsore Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Mainly southeast to south force 4 or 5. Imminently decreasing south to southwest or variable force 2 to 4. Later increasing northwest force 3 to 5.
Weather: Cloudy or fair with scattered showers, some heavy with a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Showers becoming isolated soon. Patches of mist.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in showers and mist.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Thursday 02 July 2026
Fresh to near gale force south to southwest winds, possibly touching gale force in the northwest for a time, veering west to northwest. Light to moderate anticyclonic winds developing in the south later, remaining moderate to strong westerly elsewhere. Weather: Cloudy with rain, drizzle, mist and fog. Becoming cloudy to fair with isolated showers later.
Forecast issued at: 11:30, Tuesday 30 June 2026
All times are local unless specified
