6.45am Monday 19 April 2011

This morning's swell is 4 foot with a an easterly force 2 offshore breeze. One early bird surfer owns it all.

Tides
Low 01.02 0.3m
High 02.10 4.4m
Low 13.26 0.3m
High 19.32 4.4m

And below a Coolmore April sunrise for friends in other places this morning.

7.45am Sunday 17 April 2011

A 2 foot swell with a light force 2 southeasterly offshore breeze.

High 05.43 4.2m
Low 11.58 0.3m
High 18.08 4.2m

7.15am Saturday 16 April 2011

There's a 2 foot swell with a force 3 northerly cross shore breeze.

Tides
High 04.58 3.9m
Low 11.12 0.5m
High 17.27 4.0m
Low 23.29 0.5m

7.45am Friday 15 April 2011

Swell is a good 2 foot with an offshore breeze down on the beach. Up here on the cliff the breeze is light force 2 southwesterly but the beach looks as if it's doing its own morning offshore, lifting the waves nicely.

Tides
High 04.11 3.5m
Low 10.22 0.7m
High 16.44 3.7m
Low 22.41 0.8m

Below, a busy Sunday in Rossnowlagh - in the pre-automobile era when surfers were native to Hawaii. So what made those tracks in the sand? Horse drawn traffic? Some of the buildings beyond the Sandhouse date to the 1920s or thereabouts so the photo must have been taken since then.