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I don’t ever remember such a prolonged spell of groundswell as the one we are experiencing at the moment. It’s been on and off for the last 2 almost 3 weeks and has reached far and wide with some of the highlights including some impressive waves been ridden on the West coast of Ireland.

With the usual weekday limitations in place we decided to head west for the weekend, with the intention to stay on the South Coast as opposed to going all the way to Cornwall. Saturday was pretty lame with a few odd 1 footers lapping the shore at low tide but Sunday was an entirely different story.

First light saw a number of early risers already in the sea by the time we got there, and I can’t say I blame them. Within a few minutes of looking at it, we couldn’t wait any longer and promptly suited up to go in.  Here’s why !

As the large tide dropped out the conditions improved with less water over the reef but the current this produced took a lot of paddling to ensure staying in the right spot. Over the course of the day I took A LOT of photos !  Here’s a few of the better ones.

I’m not sure I can ever remember surfing better waves on this coast ever before. Between size and shape, apart from the water temperature I’m not sure it gets any better ! We need more days like this on the south coast please !

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