A Gathering At The Cliffs: Big Barrels In Ireland

Last week, an El Niño fuelled active jet stream in the West Atlantic sent a very solid shot of swell all over Western Europe. Ireland was one of its beneficiaries, as evidenced by this very cold, clean and large session at at a popular slab beneath Ireland's cascading cliffs.

“It’s always cold,” local surfer Taz Knight said, “when those winter high pressures sit over head, dragging the cold down from the north. The week had been pretty baltic. There was a bit of cloud cover on the day to hold off the nip, but not enough to stop the hands freezing on the walk down.

“The swell didn’t quite show up as hoped, but it had been down-grading in the days leading up to it, so it wasn’t unexpected. It was still pretty pumping. One wave sets every 20 minutes made for some long cold waits.

“There were plenty of medium-sized fun ones, but it always feels slow when there are so many heads in the water. The crowd was pretty relaxed, all the usual suspects having the craic. It’s hard not to just sit in awe under those cliffs. The boogs put on a clinic as always. Jack Johns probably got wave of the day from what I saw. Crazy, big long tubes and just got munched at the end. Anyways — overall a good session, nothing ground breaking and kinda slow, but always good craic under the cliffs.”

Full story here:
https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/a-gathering-at-the-cliffs/194481

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