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

Wave Height Forecast

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