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westerly winds in Dublin

  • 01-03-2014 1:09am
    #1
    tringlarido
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭


    Hey all,

    I am going to move to Dublin this year for job. I'm also a big fan of kite surf, and can't wait to get there :)
    is it possible to go on the water with westerly winds ? I found somewhere they were predominant. This seems to be very off shore to me.. On the other hand, I found in forums, that u can go kite surf very often. How is that possible ?!

    Appart from sutton and dollymount are there other spots in dublin area?
    can u go in sandymount for exemple ?
    is the crowd manageable ?

    cheers
    ed


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  • #2
    Kace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Kace


    Welcome !!

    Kitesurfing in Dublin is indeed great, with some of the biggest city beaches in Europe. However when it's blowing a westerly Dublin is not the place. You will need to be hopping in a car to drive West or South for a couple of hours in order to find a safe kiteable spot in these conditions.


  • #3
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,666 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Sutton is cross shore on a westerly but its gusty as it's coming off the land


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭ [Deleted User]


    2 to 2.5 hour drive from Dublin for a good beach for a pure W.
    SW (Dollymount) and NW (Sutton, Booterstown) can be kited in Dublin though.
    Best directions for Dublin are S to SE. E and NE good too.
    Poolbeg is generally better than Sandymount yet is only 5 mins by car away.


  • #5
    tringlarido
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭tringlarido


    thanks all,
    "2 to 2.5 hour drive from Dublin for a good beach for a pure W" which one is the nearest :) ?
    all right so it's only the pure West that doesn't work. I guess it gives frequent opportunities to go out there.
    Oh I read different things about sandy mount, some say that when it's S wind, the wind is usually stronger in dollymount.
    Well, I'll have a better picture when I'll be there, can't wait :)
    Are they any waves sometimes ?


  • #6
    ImportMeHappy
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭ImportMeHappy


    Rosses Point in Sligo (http://lsdkiteboarding.com/beaches/rosses-point) is where I tend to go for westerlies, I live on west side of the City so reachable in 2 hours.

    Have a look at google maps and you'll see that Dollymount runs south west to north east, so a southerly is cross on. A southerly in Sandymount is closer to cross-off than cross-on so the wind is going to cut up and be less powerful, as Glasso says just go to Poolbeg if your staying southside.

    Use this site for high-res local dublin forecast for the next 24 hours..

    http://www.belgingur.is/opna/en/1/gfs/dublin/1/vindur


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Rosses Point and Streedagh in Sligo are good options.
    Lahinch in Clare also.

    If the wind is S to SW and just about get-outabble in Dublin e.g. 13/14 knots and it's a south better off going that bit further and going to Dollymount as it will be a bit stronger than Poolbeg and could make the difference between getting out or not. S will get a bit blocked by the coastline. SE to E pretty much the same strength at Dolly and Poolbeg. Sandymount only works well 1 hour either side of high tide and in a decent stregth wind - preferably a wind with a lot of E in it.


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