At 6.25 a.m. on Monday 25th March 2024
Constantine (3*): 3 to 4 feet
Another grey and breezy, chilly morning is kicking off this week, a southerly wind making for some bumpy and hesitant surf.
But the waves are a decent three feet plus with a very manageable paddle-out and the occasional peaking and reeling one.
The wind could just twitch a little more to the south east this afternoon which would clean up those waves massively, so it’s worth keeping an eye on things.
There’s definitely a decent, fun size to it, it just needs to clean up a little. Some sunshine would help too maybe!
Harlyn (1*): 0 to 1 foot
Conditions are gorgeous around at Harlyn this morning but unfortunately the waves that are managing to get into the bay as the tide turns to drop, are pretty small.
It is just about rideable on a buoyant board but it would be a struggle.
Otherwise it’s a calm, peaceful and pleasant place to stop awhile but you might want to surf somewhere else!
Today’s Tide Times:
Low Tide: 12:04 (1.0m) High Tide: 17:52 (6.9m)
Surf Forecast for Tuesday 26th March 2024
Light south westerly breezes are going to chop and mess big and building swells as they boom and crash into those Atlantic facing surfbreaks, the same breeze grooming and hollowing the swinging swells that mange to swoop into our more wind protected bays.
Locally these conditions all point to Harlyn, this wind will be offshore there and enough thick and lumpy, close together swell will swing into Harlyn to keep even the most adrenalin starved big wave matador content enough.
And it should get bigger too!
Surf Conditions for the Start of the Week
An eminent TV weather man used to often tell me how there’s always way more chance of us seeing snow at Easter than ever there is at Christmas, and since having our little store I have indeed had the dubious pleasure of opening up on a Good Friday amidst some thick, swirling snow! A long time ago maybe but with the weather patterns that we have been ‘enjoying’ who is to say that it won’t happen again?
Maybe not this year though.
This week looks like it’s going to be filled with blustery south westerly winds and they will keep the air temperatures up. They will also carry enough dampness with them to continue this winter’s ongoing theme of ‘wet ‘n windy’ well into Spring.
But those winds will also push a whole lot more swell our way too!
Locally, we enjoy the benefit of having Harlyn to surf when the wind screams in from the south west because as it tears and tatters all the waves on our main beaches, it blows nicely offshore at Harlyn. And that creates smooth and hollow, often testing conditions, especially at low tide.
And that’s what we should be enjoying all week long this week!
Big waves are going to start lumping onto our beaches from Tuesday, becoming really big as we go towards the end of the week.
The Easter Weekend is another story, the surf is just staring to look as though it could be a whole lot better than ‘good’ but it is just a bit early to be thinking of that.
So, enjoy those hollow, close-out, board snapping barrels at Harlyn and stay safe, stay happy, stay well and have the best week, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing!