Easky Right Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty. Let’s be straight up: this outlook is a long, quiet one with only a couple of blips of interest right at the very end. For the vast majority of the 16-day window, there’s just nothing doing at Easky Right. The first recommendation doesn’t pop up until the morning of Monday the 27th of July, so we’re looking at a solid 2-week gap with no surf worth chasing. That’s a tough run.

For the first 13 days, from Monday the 13th right through to Saturday the 26th, the swell is tiny – mostly 1.0 ft to 2 ft and, for a wave-hungry stretch, there’s a bit of juice on the 18th, 19th, 21st, and 22nd with combined energy values climbing into the low hundreds (89 to 117), but with onshore winds and short-period junk, it’s all just poor surf conditions. Wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, no decent offshore flow to speak of. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual.

The real standout comes on Monday the 27th of July. The morning session at Easky Right (Sligo, Ireland) has a clean 7 ft swell from the WNW, with a solid offshore wind from the south. That’s a proper offshore, so the reef will be clean and lined up. The combined energy is a strong 310. The period is short though, at 6 seconds, so it’ll be a bit bumpy and fat, but for a reef that’s mostly been flat, this is your chance. The swell direction matches the optimum NW. This is for experts only – 7 ft is pushing into big territory, and the shifting wind in the arvo (on) will turn it messy. If you’re a solid crew, Monday morning is the only real window.

The Tuesday the 28th of July morning has a big 8 ft swell from the WNW with a long period of 11 seconds, and combined energy screaming at 1901. But it’s a cross-shore wind from the WNW at 15 mph, creating a cross-chop, and the conditions are marginal with questionable tide. That’s heavy, chunky, and only for the very experienced. The period is long, so at a reef, it should hold shape, but the wind is a problem.

For the rest of the window, there’s a brief glassy moment on the morning of Friday the 24th, but with only 1 ft, it’s barely a paddle. The morning of the 25th Saturday has a clean 1.0 ft with light offshore – still too small to get excited about.

So, to sum it up: a long, dry spell, then one morning of real, expert-level surf on Monday the 27th. If you can make that, it’s the only ticket. Otherwise, keep watching the forecast for a change.

Rusty.

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