Surfing in Ireland

[gsseirik]

Hi guys! Im planning a surftrip to Ireland (Bundoran) in october, for about 10 days. How is the tides and daylight? Im just wondering if its possible to make a couple of sessions each day. The swell seems consistant in that period. Regards from Eirik.

[jaffa1949]

Check out the surf map on the surfing waves web site, a bit of Information there, low to rising tide for Bundoran Peak, actual times try a tide chart! Busy spot, other beaches around and surf shops so check in, will,feel almost tropical,after Norway. Daylight, getting shorter but still twilight, something that doesn't happen in the tropics!
Enjoy thoroughly

[gsseirik]

Thanks for the reply Jaffa:-) Will check out the tide charts and the map on this page.

[jaffa1949]

There is Wannasurf, and you could also purchase the Stormrider guide for Europe or Ireland as a book or an E Book!

[jaffa1949]

I think even restaurants like the surf there. = Irish surf town

[gsseirik]

I highly recommend Ireland as a holiday- and surfing-destination! We got great waves with a lot of punch, and got to visit the Maddens bar and restaurant:-)

[jaffa1949]

I highly recommend Ireland as a holiday- and surfing-destination! We got great waves with a lot of punch, and got to visit the Maddens bar and restaurant:-)

Glad to hear you got a good one, visit somewhere your Viking ancestor‘s genes had been!

[jaffa1949]

Tossing a surfboard over the auto and heading for the closest coastline to let off steam and appreciate being far from everything. Also, despite the fact that Ireland's cooler temperatures make the waterless engaging now and again, the nation's expanding waves, great breaks and streaming Gulf Stream make it a surfer's heaven at the best of times. In certainty, Ireland has just developed in notoriety among surfers as of late. When I was I used to go surfing.

When your advertising url was removed this post became even more hilarious.
Since your purpose here is to,advertise Indian English courses and study, my remarks are made in that light.
We take our battered surfboards (damaged from being tossed over the auto). We actively make water engaging.
Please make your English posts, good English, if you wish to help your students learn.

[RinkyDink]

I highly recommend Ireland as a holiday- and surfing-destination! We got great waves with a lot of punch, and got to visit the Maddens bar and restaurant:-)

How were the crowds there? What were the waves like? Beach break? Point break? Any hazards to be aware of? Are there big shifts in the tide? Are the locals friendly? What's the etiquette in the lineup like? I might try a surf trip to Ireland some day so I wonder about it.

[gsseirik]

There where similar crowds just like home where I normally surf, all from a couple and up to 20 surfers. Didn't experience any localism, but got paddled around by other tourists mostly, and I had to really push towards the peak to reclaim my spot in the queue. Me and my two friends got waves every session, and where happy by the amount of rides we got. We only surfed reefbreaks, because the beachbreaks didn't sparkle like they do in the stormrider guide during our stay. I bet there is plenty of empty peaks at the beachbreaks when its on. We had base in Bundoran and drove for many kilometres every day in search for spots. The other tourists had camper-vans, and that seemed optimal.

The hospitality in this country is fantastic! Beautiful nature. The tides shift by several metres, and we had some trouble in finding good high-tide spots.
Hazards: The roads near the coast is just like the ones on the Postman Pat children tv-series, only with speedlimit of 100km/h..and with left side driving. You can find all sorts of waves from mellow to body-board steep. Solid rock formation bottom and rips can be dangerous, but we didn't encounter any terrifying moments. But this was only 1 week, and from the info from stormrider guide many of the spots can hold a lot bigger swell than we had. We mostly got chest- to head-high waves, and a few days above that size.

[gsseirik]

No surfboards where tossed during our holiday, and especially not over das auto

[jaffa1949]

No surfboards where tossed during our holiday, and especially not over das auto

Wow glad to hear it Thank Guiness for that!

[RinkyDink]

The hospitality in this country is fantastic! Beautiful nature. The tides shift by several metres, and we had some trouble in finding good high-tide spots.

Wow, thanks for the write-up. That's it, as soon as I'm solvent I'm booking a trip