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Windsurf Guide To Brandon Bay

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Thank you for reading on here for years !

Brandon Bay is a great place to windsurf with many different beaches all within 7 miles of each other giving a huge amount of options for any given wind or swell direction. Often the amount of places to sail is a problem in itself. I often meet people who have sailed at the wrong part of the beach on any given day so this is a guide to help you out when you come to Brandon Bay.

The Beaches.

Fermoyle is The last beach in Brandon Bay going west.






















Best Wind.
West wind, Windguru needs to be showing at least 25 knots for it to work well, As the wind is blocked by the hills. Can also be sailed at low tide NW wind cross-on when the reefs on the Maharees are dry

Swell. North or northwest. Sheltered by Brandon head so gets less swell than most of Brandon bay. But when there is a 10m swell running it can still be very big!

Tide
Okay at all tides.

It can be very good for Jumping and cross wave riding. It isn't the most powerful wave, Great fun and good for all levels of wave sailors.

Kilcummin
Gowlane
In The prevailing southwest wind Gowlane is more about riding than jumping. 







Win



Smerwick. 

Comments

  1. PaoloJune 14, 2017 at 9:09 AM

    Great post!! Thanks a lot!! The only comment I have is that it would be very useful to include also a map indicating the position of each spot!

    Cheers,

    Paolo

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  2. AntanasSeptember 22, 2019 at 9:10 AM

    yeah, very useful info.. but i also dont know where these spots, only 2 i find in map..
    Map with spot names would be supper duper :) :)

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