Surfline

From Ireland to Portugal, a classic mid-October swell delivered.

Spent two to three hours out there, then the waves got bigger, bigger and the last two hours of the day, Mundaka was perfect. Really good waves and a magic moment of the day.” The ones that got there got the place pretty much empty.” I felt the spit and saw the way out in the end. I saw the waves and I stopped. Further north and local conditions were a little less straightforward as a low pressure developed to the SW of the UK and Ireland during Sunday and pushed quickly to the NNE and centered to the west of Ireland overnight Sunday. “The morning started slow as predicted, but throughout the day it got bigger and there were some big a-frames breaking on the third peak. “Was lovely to finally see a powerful winter swell hit the UK beaches, once the wind had swung offshore,” said photog Clare James. “Not a significant storm at first look, ‘only’ dropping to around 980mb — but a favorable, forward track towards Western Europe through Friday and Saturday meant 30-40kts WNW/NW wind on the storm’s SW flank, were carried over a captured fetch of well over 1000 miles.” And while thousands of surfers rode thousands of waves to thousands of hoots across the continent, below you can find some highlights, neatly arranged from north to south. “Europe received an early taste of winter this past weekend from a solid WNW/NW swell from a complex North Atlantic low pressure system that formed off Cape Farewell on Wednesday October 12th,” he said. The light starts tilting a bit south.