Hawain professional surfer, Garret McNammara has recently broken the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. The wave measured in at 100 feet tall. The wave was surfed in Nazere Portugal.
Friday, 15 November 2013
Acknowledgements
Thank you to all of the people who took these photos, thery were all taken form google images. Thank you to exproductionsireland for the video of Richie Fitzgerald, this video was taken from youtube.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Big Wave Surfing in Ireland (Video)
Here is a video form youtube of a Irish big wave surfer Richie Fitzgerald. In this video they are tow surfing.
Monday, 11 November 2013
Big Wave Surfing in Ireland
There are big wave surfing spots in ireland many of them are travelled to by many big wave surfers all over the world. Most of these spots are on the West Coast of Ireland. some of Irelands More famous Breaks are kown as, Irelands Biggest Waves
- Aileens, the cliffs of moher.
- Crab, of crab Island.
- Mulaghmore, Sligo.
- O'Reilly's, Doonbeg
- Bundoran, Co. Donegal
- Lahinch, Co. Clare
- Inch Strand, Co.Kerry
- Brandon Bay, Co. Kerry
- Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo
- Garretstown, Co. Cork
Aileens Wave, Richie Fitzgerald.
Friday, 25 October 2013
The West of Ireland
On the Wets Coast of Ireland the surfing is much better becuase of the wave quality. The qualiity is so much higher because of the exposed North Atlantic. this gives a larger range for storms to comence in the ocean because of the bigger area. Some of the top surf spots in Ireland are here some of whick include
- Lahinch
- The Cliffs of Moher
- Brandon Bay
For more information on surf spots and forcast see: http://magicseaweed.com/
Monday, 21 October 2013
Irelands White Water
In Ireland due to the amount of rainfall in this country we have a large amount of white water. here are some of the spots in the country and there rating.
- Blackwater/boyne river
Grade: 2-3 Location: Co. Meath Length: 7-10km
- Upper Derg River
Grade: 3-4 Location: Co. Tyrone Length: 10km (depending)
- Six Mile Water River
Grade: 1-3 Location: Co. Antrim Lenght: 9km
- Slaney source
Grade: 4 Location: Co. Kerry Length: 3km
Friday, 11 October 2013
Water Sports on the East Coast of Ireland
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Map of the Irish Sea
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On the east coast of Ireland the ocean not a very rough on a day to day basis this because the ocean on the east coast of Ireland is not a majorly wide ocean. it is actually very much so closed in, this is because the gap that is between Ireland and Britain that is the Irish Sea is narrow and not exposed as the Atlantic Ocean. This means that not that many storms can happen without affecting the coast of Ireland causing bad conditions. There are also no cold currents coming up to suround Ireland. This results in poor surf condtions on the east coast of Ireland. Surf schools do still exist though (eg. east coast surf school) http://www.eastcoastsurfschool.ie/
There is also some inland water sports on the east coast on the rivers. White water river kayaking is popular in mountainous areas, such as the wicklow mountains, there are many spots at the youthful stages of these rivers. for more information on these rivers see, Irish white water my next blog post.
Monday, 7 October 2013
Water Sports in the Dublin Area
Ireland is a island that is very involved in water sports. We even have these water sports activities inside our capital, "Dublin". A business that has promoted water sports within our capital is Surfdock, this business offers a shop were water sports equipment can be bought, this business also offer various water sport lesson many of which are given to tourists. The water sports taught here include,
- SUP (stand up and paddle boarding)
- Windsurfing
- Kitesurfing
- Dragon Boating
- Kayaking
- Wakebording
In and around Dublin there are also many swimming clubs, sailing clubs, and rowing clubs. Around bull island many people use this as a spot to do kitesurfing, this are is used because of the calm sea waters and the strong winds.
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