Swells Stacking Up for the UK & Ireland Next Week

Lead Forecast Jamie Bateman on a busy week of surf for UK & Ireland

A fairly quiet start to next week with some rideable waves for many regions as small ridge of high pressure temporarily builds across the south-west. Then we get busy: a powerful jet-stream roaring off the USA's east coast will encourage development a large area of low pressure in the North Atlantic with solid/XL W swell in the making. At the same time low pressure off the west coast of Norway will not only deliver N swell but will also drive cold air down which will act to block westerly winds from pushing across the whole of the UK.

Swell energy will be on the rise everywhere Tuesday onwards, peak swell mid-week and some tricky conditions for many. It will very much be a case of keeping a close watch on your local spot forecast each day as back-to-back satellite lows try and push in from the west. As these lows bump into the cold air in the north they will stall and likely spin-up across southern Britain, regions on the northern side of the jet could see windows of cleaner conditions. Forecast models struggle with the exact track of these small features so expect day-to-day changes to your forecast with some surprises thrown in.

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