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Portrush West Strand

★★★★★Good
Beach break Faces NW all tides Offshore south-east Best swell north-west

Best of the week: Monday around 13:00, 3–4 ft and offshore.

Surf now2–3ft0.9 m at 7 s from the NW, wind sea 0.2 m from the S
Wind10mphS · offshore · gusts 20
Tide 1.3mFalling · low 02:54 (0.9 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–3 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Sun
3–5 ft Swell NW 12s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
3–4 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Tue
2–3 ft Swell NW 7s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Wed
1–2 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Thu
1–2 ft Swell E 4s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19
Time 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–5 5–7 8–12 9–12 7–10 4–5 3–5 3–5 3–4 2–4 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1
Swell 8s 8s 9s 9s 9s 12s 6s 7s 7s 6s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s 7s 7s 3s 6s 7s 6s 11s 2s 2s 3s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s
Wind mph 13 15 13 14 14 5 13 17 17 18 12 8 9 8 15 21 20 20 19 19 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 13 12
Tide m 1.4↑ 2.0↑ 1.7↓ 1.2↓ 1.3↑ 1.3↑ 1.8↑ 1.8↓ 1.4↓ 1.2↑ 1.2↑ 1.6↑ 1.9↑ 1.6↓ 1.2↓ 1.2↓ 1.4↑ 1.8↑ 1.8↓ 1.3↓ 1.2↓ 1.2↑ 1.7↑ 1.9↓ 1.4↓ 1.3↓ 1.1↑ 1.6↑ 2.0↓ 1.5↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Portrush West Strand faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Portrush above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Tuesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Portrush West Strand faces north-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from SW round to N; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWNWS
NW
0.9 m at 7 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
S
0.2 m at 2 s (wind sea) · 4 % reaches the beach

How Portrush West Strand works

Swell
Best from the north-west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south-east; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
all tides.

Tide times

  • Sat 02:54Low0.9 m
  • Sat 09:23High2.0 m
  • Sat 15:55Low1.1 m
  • Sat 21:42High1.6 m
  • Sun 03:39Low1.0 m
  • Sun 10:34High1.9 m
  • Sun 17:44Low1.2 m
  • Sun 23:19High1.5 m

Portrush station, under 1 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

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