Bundoran Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for our local stretch of coast. It’s a bit of a quiet start, but there’s a glimmer of hope if you’re patient.

The main event is Bundoran, a solid reef set-up that handles a good push of swell. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so nothing wild there.

Right now, and for the next couple of days, we’re getting a bit of a raw deal. Monday the 31st kicks off with a messy, onshore wind and a weak, short-period swell from the WNW. The wave energy is weak (220), and the conditions are just poor. Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd are not much better, though Wednesday morning does see a brief window of clean, offshore wind from the SE. The swell is tiny though, only 2ft, with a weak period of 8 seconds and low energy (58). It’s surfable for a log, but nothing to write home about.

We’ve got a few days of shut-down from Thursday the 3rd through to Sunday the 7th of September. The swell tries to build, but the wind is all over the place. Thursday afternoon shows a bit of promise with a 5ft WNW swell and a period of 10 seconds, giving moderate energy (555), and the wind is cross-off, keeping it clean. That’s a marginal call, but it might be the best of a bad lot for that week.

Then Friday the 4th sees a massive spike in energy (4872) with a 13ft WNW swell, but the wind is a screaming 45 km/h cross-onshore. That’s a total washing machine – way too big for beginners, and honestly, a messy, blown-out mess for everyone else. That setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The real standout here is a long-range promise. We’ve got a gap of several days with no real recommendations, but then Tuesday the 15th of September looks like a beauty. The morning shows a clean, cross-off wind from the east with a 3ft swell from the west, a long period of 11 seconds, and moderate energy (154). The wind is light, the conditions are clean, and the reef at Bundoran (Ireland) will be handling that long-period groundswell beautifully. Long-period swells like this are best at reefs and points, so this is exactly the spot for it. Keep an eye on the calendar for that one.

So, the pick of the bunch is a toss-up between a marginal Thursday afternoon (3rd of September) for a quick session, or holding out for that cleaner, more promising Tuesday the 15th. The 15th looks like the true prize.

Rusty.

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