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Lahinch today

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    #62
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    must check out doughmore. I've been spinning up to sligo when the swells from the NW.


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    #63
    Pablo_
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Pablo_


    I want to try doughmore and spanishpoint ... what are the rip tides like there, currents and rocks ... is it safe to head out myself ... i'm good swimmer but only learning surf ? I head to lahinch because i can blend in with the crowd :cool:


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    #64
    Radiosurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭Radiosurfer


    Doughmore and Spanish Point can both be very dangerous. I surf Spanish Point when I go surfing and never have any problems but that's where I started surfing and I now know it pretty well. I wouldn't advise going to either one without someone who knows the place.
    Spanish Point at mid tide on a rising tide at either end of the beach is the best. The middle of the beach is Rip-tastic.
    Doughmore is pretty chaotic. I've never known a beach landscape that changes so drastically so often. The tides there seem to move everything around every few days. Definitely ask the surfers there when you see them.


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    #65
    Pablo_
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Pablo_


    i'll stick to my enzo's and bens van so for now until i get some info on doughmore etc :D


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    #66
    noserider
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭noserider


    Without revealing any secret spots could anyone point me in the right direction on where might be a bit smaller when the waves get 6ft+ in Lahinch?That is just outside my comfort zone.
    Feel free to drop me a pm


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    #67
    rodento
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭rodento


    Why was Gavin banned???


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    #68
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,239 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    rodento wrote: »
    Why was Gavin banned???

    Threads in here aren't really the place for these kinds of questions but for the sake of clarity.......He's site banned, not just from the surfing forum. The reason is he was a re-reg of a user who is perma-banned from the surfing forum(before my time), making a new account to get around a forum ban is against the site rules of boards.ie.


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    #69
    keryl
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭keryl


    Was he Tuesday or Friday before that?


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    #70
    Mickeroo
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    keryl wrote: »
    Was he Tuesday or Friday before that?

    Neither. Now lets get back on topic....:D


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    #71
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    noserider wrote: »
    Without revealing any secret spots could anyone point me in the right direction on where might be a bit smaller when the waves get 6ft+ in Lahinch?That is just outside my comfort zone.
    Feel free to drop me a pm

    Fanore can be smaller depending on the direction as the aran islands get in the way


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    #72
    Decos
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭Decos


    Gavin Saturday wrote: »
    try the likes of doughmore down in doonbeg
    try fanore
    even go to spanish point
    all superior to lahinch
    surfing in lahinch is just a tad more exciting than surfing in kilkee
    Pretty ridiculous statement. If you're talking about just scenery then yes, all those mentioned might be better but for waves it totally depends on conditons. A lot of the time lahinch beach will have a better wave than all the others mentioned.


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    #73
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    Back on topic the winds starting to die off...


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    #74
    Low Pockets
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    Decos wrote: »
    Gavin Saturday wrote: »
    try the likes of doughmore down in doonbeg
    try fanore
    even go to spanish point
    all superior to lahinch
    surfing in lahinch is just a tad more exciting than surfing in kilkee
    Pretty ridiculous statement. If you're talking about just scenery then yes, all those mentioned might be better but for waves it totally depends on conditons. A lot of the time lahinch beach will have a better wave than all the others mentioned.

    Iv been painfully sick (both directions, at speed, for nearly a wk) from the water twice in Lahinch. Needless to say, won't get in the water there no more.


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    #75
    Pablo_
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Pablo_


    so is surf in lahinch today as good as MSW said it was? just curious if forecast matches up, will be goin tommorrow


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    #76
    Radiosurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭Radiosurfer


    Jaysus, stuck in work today and it looked deadly, time off at the right time tomorrow and it looks like ****e. This working lark has got to end, it's ruining my stoke.:mad:


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    #77
    Dr Nic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Dr Nic


    Radiosurfer wrote: »
    Jaysus, stuck in work today and it looked deadly, time off at the right time tomorrow and it looks like ****e. This working lark has got to end, it's ruining my stoke.:mad:
    Indeed it was. Surfed til 7 afterwork. Beautiful.
    Sorry u missed it!!


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    #78
    rodento
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    Radiosurfer wrote: »
    Jaysus, stuck in work today and it looked deadly, time off at the right time tomorrow and it looks like ****e. This working lark has got to end, it's ruining my stoke.:mad:

    Quite looking forward to tomorrow myself:D


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    #79
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,239 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    rodento wrote: »
    Quite looking forward to tomorrow myself:D

    what direction you headed tomorrow? forecast not great round these parts anyway. :(


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    #80
    Radiosurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭Radiosurfer


    Dr Nic wrote: »
    Indeed it was. Surfed til 7 afterwork. Beautiful.
    Sorry u missed it!!

    Making me sick dude. I guess Rodento's got a sweet sheltered spot that he's off to today.:eek:


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    #81
    Curvedcoast
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Curvedcoast


    Hi lads,

    Sos here - left a 6'4 Dhd board on the grass on the top car park on Sat eve. If anybody comes across it or hears of it my no is <use the pm function>.

    Cheers


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