Surfing Waves

anyone ever thought about going there?? I heard its pretty crazy there and how its pretty much two seperate countries

Had a 2 week university field trip there last summer. Had the most amazing time. Im from the UK but had never been before, and i would recomend it to anyone. I went to the Dingle Peninsula, in the South West of the Republic of Ireland. Totally beautiful and pretty unspoiled. Stayed in a tiny village called Inch, the nearest decent sized town is called Dingle. Saw quite a few surfers at Inch actually, and there were some nice waves while we were there, but I didnt have my own board at the time. Anyways, my advice is go. And have a pint of Harp (or seven) for me

... ive been doing plenty of reading about surf spots in europe and Ireland has some star' spots . A couple are rated higher than any others in the uk so reckon its worth the visit to most places on the west coast
All the spots had good overall revues for pretty much anything you would want to know ...especially a good pint

Only downside is you deffo need a car/van and its expensive.

plus a few localism issues but no worse than anywhere else really.

Planning on heading over there later this year in the van, so I'll let you know!

OK OK yes ireland is two countries.
Anyway, Ireland is a class place to surf.However, it is very cold in winter and still cool in d summer.
The West of Ireland is the only place to go if visiting but i recommend you bring booties if not used to the cold. enjoy......

yea im from galway, ireland can have some really good surf, just not as often as some places. very cold! be ready for some brain freeze

PapaWoolacombe wrote:....plus a few localism issues but no worse than anywhere else really.

Thats not true at all. Surfing here in Ireland is fairly easy going and I've never come across any agro out in the water. It's starting to get more popular now, especially with the girls but still nothing like the numbers you'd get out at surf spots around the world.

I've surfed Oz, Cali and some spots in Europe and irish waves compare really well to the warmer more exotic waters. And nothing's going to take a bite out of you in the lineup........the only thing you might have to get used to is surfing with a sore head from the night before.......

Hence why I said its just the same as anywhere else really.

My whole point is that there is no localism, so in that sense it's different from everywhere else. You wont get any hasle from local surfers and chances are they'll say hello and try to make you feel welcome. It's kinda an irish thing....

I understand where your comming from, its the same anywhere. If your a twat you'll get treated like a twat.
If your sound and curtious your quids in. (or euro's)