Kitesurfing & Wingfoil Spots in Ireland

With SW the wind blows a bit stronger here.

Best in N and NE winds.

Usually onshore winds. Since it is a bay many directions work.

Achill Island / Keel Lake, Ireland is a wind-sports spot in Ireland with its most reliable conditions around march - october.

Go here if the wind is too onshore to get out on Elly Beach.

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Sideshore WNW and ESE.

The sideonshore wind is a perfect wind but a sideshore wind can do though.

There is a reef 300m off the rocks in the centre of the bay, but it needs big swell to work other than at low tide. It usually mostly breaks upwind though.

Works from a Northeast to South. Directly onshore is easterly.

Works from North through East to SE.

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Works in winds from South to Southwest to West to Northwest to North and even Northeast.

Hill to the South blocks the wind. Mostly a bodyboarding beach, but could be used at low tide for kitesurfing or windsurfing - or for access to the waves at ...

Belmullet, Ireland is a wind-sports spot in Ireland with its most reliable conditions around year-round.

Northerly winds are the best here.

Excellent conditions with W or NW.

Best with an easterly wind.

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Best during spring and fall.

Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Southwesterlies 12-25 knots gusty. Sometimes Easterlies 20-25 knots.

Generally no wind in August. Bigger gear for summer and smaller gear for winter. Normally onshore or sideonshore winds. Not many squalls, but can be a bit gu...

Flat to choppy water. Shallow areas.

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Wind tends to be gusty with holes. Best wind strength is 15 to 30 knots.

Works with North to South.

Onshore wind is quite often. Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Sideshore: NNE and SSW.

Works from NE to S through E.

Best during spring and autumn.

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Most common wind is SW. Most likely wind for this beach is NW.

Cross Lough, Ireland is a wind-sports spot in Ireland with its most reliable conditions around year-round.

Big hill to the South and lower hill to the West will block the wind.

Works from N to E.

Best winds during spring and fall.

Sideshore: NNE and SSW.

West, WNW are the only directions that would work.

Best during spring and autumn.

Wind required: South facing beach, prevailing SW without doubt is the best.

Only works in East to ENE wind and high tide, so very limited opportunities.

Works in almost all directions.

Also good during summer.

Easkey, Ireland is a wind-sports spot in Ireland with its most reliable conditions around year-round.

Works in all wind directions. Perfectly flat water with West winds.

Best during spring and fall.

Works with W, NW and N.

Big hill behind the beach to the East.

In the inside bay North is offshore, but creates perfect flat water.

Stay away from the river mouth up north.

Best during spring and autumn.

Waves with 5m+ are possible. For experts only.

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Constant 12 knot with Northeasterly wind.

Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Best during spring and autumn.

Sideshore: WSW and ENE.

The beach curves, so NW and SE or N and S are sideshore.

Avoid kiting near nesting or resting birds such as in the Mid Island and South Island areas. Wooden posts are part of an ancient fish trap system and must no...

Best winds during spring and fall.

Best during spring and autumn.

Best during spring and autumn. West wind is best for riding waves.

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Best with SSW or from E to SE.

Best during spring and autumn.

Killalagh Lagoon, Ireland is a wind-sports spot in Ireland with its most reliable conditions around year-round.

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Usually sunny. Water 3mm suit for summer, 5mm suit for winter gloves + booties recommended for December to March. 11 month season.

Best with SE-S.

It's an option for W to SSW winds, if the tide is right and you can kite safely enough.

Since it is a lake it work with all directions. Excellent in Southerlies.

Usual onshore winds.

Anything from N to E to S

Great on a South, Southeast and East wind.

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The beach curves so several directions are sideshore.

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Works with all wind directions. Best directions are westerly and easterly winds. Can get choppy then. Southerly winds are gusty on the southern side of the e...

The beach curves. At the south end N is onshore and at the North end W is onshore.

Southeast is good for waves.

Best with West to Northwest.

Best during spring and autumn.

Works with all directions, but best are Southerlies.

Usually pretty good.

The wind is fairly reliable, 10-30 knots. An onshore wind is a westerly wind and it is quiet common. Anything with a South in it is crossshore.

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Best during spring and fall.

Be careful of currents. Remote area.

Good winds all year round.

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Portglash Beach, Ireland is a wind-sports spot in Ireland with its most reliable conditions around year-round.

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Best during spring and fall.

Works from NNE to E. Possibly NNW for experts if waves at N end - need to be very careful to avoid WW2 wreckage of aircraft.

East winds are very gusty.

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Works from W to S.

The wind must be blowing between SW and NW. On the north tip West will be sideshore.

Solid wind, rarely blowing less then 3 Bft. Usually sideshore wind as channeled by mountains.

The beach curves, so in the South SE is sideshore and S in the North.

The wind is fairly reliable, 10-30 knots. An onshore wind is a westerly wind and it is quiet common.

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Works in almost all directions. Northerlies will be gusty.

The beach curves making E onshore further south and S onshore further north.

Constant 12 knots with Northeasterly wind.

Best during spring and autumn.

Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Flat to small waves.

Be careful with the winds close to the houses.

Good with NE winds.

Best during spring and autumn. Good alternative if the wind is too strong at Brandon Bay.

Southerly wind is pretty gusty.

Best with NE to S.

Best during spring and autumn.

Good winds, sometimes a bit gusty, coming with depressions. The windsurfers wanting to wave ride will sail here when the wind is sideoffshore (South to South...

Works also with SSE.

In general 3-5 days a week with 5 Bft, all year round. Wind conditions for the ocean to the left. West to Northeast is the best wind direction for the ocean ...

Works with N to NW wind.

Best with E to NE.

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The Burrow works best in a NE and W.

Only works at high tide.

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Best with SE and SW.

Only works at high tide.

Works in S to SW, maybe W as well. SW is the prevailing wind. Best in SW. May be funnel effect from mountains in Achill.

Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Great when winds come from Southwest to Northwest.

Best direction is SW.

Works in many directions. This long bay curves, so in the north end SW and NE is sideshore, and to the south N and S.

Main hazard at low tide is the mussel beds and the rocks, but there are few hazards below the water at low tide.

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