11.00am Monday 31 December 2012

Swell is 4 foot or so with a force 3 westelry onshore breeze

Tides
Low01..15 1.0m
High 07.20 3.9m
Low 13.44.0.9m
High 19.49 3.8m

 Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables 

10.40am Sunday 30 December 2012

Swell is 5 foot with a gusty force 6-7 westerly onshore wind.

Tides
Low 00.41 1.0m
High 06.46 3.9m
Low 13.110.9m
High 19.12 3.8m

 Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

9.40am Saturday 29 December 2012

Swell is 3 foot and a bit choppy in a force 3 northwesterly onshore breeze.

Tides
Low 00.06 1.1m
High 06.13 3.9m
Low 12.37 0.9m
High 18.37 3.8m


 Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

12.40pm 28 December 2012

(Photos 10.00am. Surf report 12.47pm) Swell is 2 foot with a force 3 southerly cross shore breeze. The forecasted gales haven't come this way.

Tides
High 05.38 3.9m
Low 12.02 1.0m
High 18.01 3.7m

Full moon tonight.

 Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables 

Below, yesterday's rainbow sitting right on the Back Line, one end at the Smugglers and the other end in the cliff garden. Just too close to photograph in one shot, so 3 sections here instead.

9.45am Thursday 27 December 2012

A good clean 3-4 foot even though the breeze is onshore west northwesterly force 2.

Tides
High 05.02 3.8m
Low 11.22 1.1m
High 17.24 3.6m
Low 23.27 1.1m

 Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

10.30am Sunday 23 December 2012

Swell is 2-4 foot with a fresh force 4 westerly onshore breeze.

Tides
High 02.05 3.2m
Low 08.00 1.5m
High 14.24 3.2m
Low 20.18 1.5m

Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

Note: There will be no surf report on 24/25/26 December. Blog will resume on 27 December 2012.

9.45am Saturday 22 December 2012

The sea is flat and calm with just a breath, barely force 1, of southeasterly offshore breeze.

Tides
High 00.56 3.2m
Low 06.51 1.6m
High 13.19 3.2m
Low 19.15 1.5m


Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

Mabel has come out for a look and the dark morning. Not for long. She prefers to hibernate these days -  slept right through yesterday's Armageddon.

9..30am Friday 21 December 2012

Swell is 2 foot with a light force 1-2 cross/offshore breeze.

Tides
Low 05.37 1.5m
High 12.08 3.3m
Low 18.07 1.4m

10.00am Thursday 20 December 2012

Swell is 2 foot with a light force 1-2 southeasterly cross/offshore breeze.

Tides
Low 04.34 1.4m
High 11.03 3.5m
Low 17.05 1.3m
High 23.46 3.3m

Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

Below, high tide at the Creek.

10.00am Wednesday 19 December 2012

The sea is flat with a force 2-3 southeasterly cross/offshore breeze.

Tides
Low 03.41 1.2m
High 10.04 3.8m
Low 16.10 1.1m
High 22.43 3.5m


Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

10.00am Monday 18 December 2012

Swell is a good 2 foot, peaking nicely in a force 2 cross/offshore southeasterly breeze.

Tides
Low 02.51 1.0m
High 09.10 4.1m
Low 15.21 0.9m
High 21.45 3.7m

Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

12.00 noon Monday 17 December 2012

This morning's swell is a clean 2 foot with a very light force 1 cross/onshore southwesterly breeze and a little drifting seafog.

Tides
Low 02.05 0.9m
High 08.17 4.4m
Low 14.34 0.7m
High 20.51 4.0m

Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables

Below - ROSSNOWLAGH'S SHARK INFESTED WATERS HAVE GONE VIRAL!

Rossnowlagh has gone viral this weekend with almost a million hits on the 2010 YouTube video of local surfers and friends having a close encounter with a shark while enjoying a trip in CB's rib. Dave and friends are overnight celebrities but Rossnowlagh Bay's shark infested water is the real star. (basking shark infested, that is - no teeth, just plankton filters)

Here is a small selection of the worldwide headlines and links below:

The Daily Mail asks: "Are these the worst friends in the world?"
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2247369/Video-shows-prank-Irish-surfer-pushed-boat-right-SHARK.html

BBC WORLD: Frenemies push dude in SHARK'S path - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAvhUaZIMV8

New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/watch-friends-push-pal-water-oncoming-shark-article-1.1220327

The Journal.ie http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/shark-attack-video-week-kitten-puppy-553426-Aug2012/

Irish Central "Worst prank ever"
 www.irishcentral.com/news/Worst-prank-ever---Irish-surfer-pushed-into-shark-infested-waters-off-Donegal---VIDEO-183484351.html

Joe.ie "Good thing this wasn't a Great White"
http://joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/video-good-thing-this-wasnt-a-great-white-0031539-1

9.15am Sunday 16 December 2012

Swell is 4 foot this morning with a light force 1 - 2 southeasterly cross/offshore breeze.

Tides
Low 01.19 0.7m
High 07.26 4.6m
Low 13.46 0.6m
High 20.00 4.2m

Tide information sponsored by Finnegans Shop Rossnowlagh. Call to the shop now to pick up your Rossnowlagh 2013 tide tables