Kilcummin Harbour Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright buddy, let’s talk about Kilcummin Harbour in proper units. This is a reef set-up, sheltered, facing north-northwest. The water’s sitting at 61° – that’s a touch warmer than usual for this time of year. Not bad.

The forecast starts with Sunday morning – 4ft of west swell, 8-second period, weak energy (200). South wind howling at 35 km/h but offshore, so it’s clean but barely surfable. Sunday afternoon bumps to 7ft from west-southwest, 10-second period, energy at 899 – that’s moderate. Light rain and cross-offshore wind, but still marked as marginal.

Monday the 7th is where it gets real. Morning has 8ft from the west, 9-second period, moderate cross-offshore wind from the southwest at 25 km/h. Energy is 1465 – strong. Clean. Monday afternoon pushes to 10ft, west, 10 seconds, energy hits 1812 – very strong wave energy. Still clean, but that’s expert-only size.

Tuesday the 8th is a mess. Strong onshore winds, rain, 13ft plus of cross-shore junk. Energy over 4000 but it’s all chop and wind. That’s kite-surfing conditions, not paddle surfing.

Wednesday the 9th morning is the first standout. Clear skies, gentle west-southwest breeze at 15 km/h, cross-off. Swell drops to a clean 6ft from the north, 10-second period. Energy 1068 – moderate to strong. Rated excellent for experienced surfers. Clean, solid, no chaos. Thursday through Friday is smaller and cleaner but more marginal – 6ft west swell with moderate energy (503-583). Friday afternoon goes glassy – light breezes – with 6ft west-northwest swell at 8 seconds. Clean but weak.

Saturday the 12th brings another big pulse. Morning has 40 km/h cross-shore winds and 8ft west-northwest swell at 12 seconds, energy 1422 – strong but messy. Afternoon eases to a moderate cross-off breeze, swell at 8ft with a 13-second period, energy 1939. Cleaner but still big and marginal.

Sunday the 13th morning is the absolute standout of the second week. Moderate offshore from the south at 20 km/h, 8ft of west-northwest swell at 12 seconds. Energy 1647. Conditions are excellent for experienced surfers. The reef will handle that long-period groundswell beautifully. After that, Monday the 14th through Wednesday the 16th is mostly messy – fresh cross-shore winds, dropping swell, energy down from 1821 to under 200.

Thursday the 17th morning shows a glimmer – cross-off breeze from the southeast at 20 km/h, 8ft west swell, 10 seconds, energy 1229 – clean. But afternoon turns to strong cross-shore wind and 10ft of messy swell. Friday and Saturday the 18th and 19th are write-offs: strong breeze, rain, cross and cross-on winds.

Sunday the 20th afternoon brings a final clean session. Offshore from the south at 20 km/h, 4ft of west-northwest swell, 10-second period, energy 501. Tagged as “expect very good surf conditions”. Perfect for a longer board, glassy offshore texture. Nice finish.

Top calls? Wednesday morning the 9th – clean, 6ft north swell – and Sunday morning the 13th – big 8ft, clean, offshore, expert-only but excellent. The rest is mostly a mixed bag.

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