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On Thursday, the 15th of February, Union Hall RNLI in West Cork responded to a report of a swimmer in trouble at The Warren Beach, Rosscarbery, in West Cork. The call was made to Valentia Coast Guard at 2.44 pm.…

Four years after windsurfing off Sligo’s Mullaghmore Head, Katie McAnena took advantage of the right wind and weather conditions to catch the infamous surf break again. As The Irish Independent reports, the Galway-born GP launched her windsurf board late last…

Stormy weather means fuel for swelling seas off the surfing hot spot of Mullaghmore in Co Sligo. And Irish big wave surfer Conor Maguire was there this week to catch the mammoth walls of water, as RTÉ News reports. Three…

Windsurfers Finn Mellon and Katie McAnena have taken gold in the highly competitive national wave championships in Kerry’s Brandon Bay off Castlegregory, Co Kerry. For McAnena, it is her tenth such win, while Mellon competed against his father, Niall, to…

Mayo Mayhem, Ireland's biggest windsurfing competition, was held last Friday and Saturday on Elly Beach Belmullet Co Mayo. This year, the Mayhem event achieved a ranked two-star event on the International Windsurfing Tour. Elly Beach was filled with colour as…

A French surfer, Justine Dupont, was captured riding a wave during a surfing session at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal. This photo, taken by Octavio Passos of Getty Images, was selected as one of 24 winning images across various…

The new national surf centre in Sligo’s Strandhill aims to attract over 40,000 visitors annually by 2028, two Government ministers have predicted. This may rise to over 50,000 visitors annually by 2033, according to Minister for Tourism and Sport Catherine…

An Australian has set a new world record for the longest surfing session.  Blake Johnston (40) broke the existing record when he spent 30 hours and 11 minutes on the water off south Sydney’s Cronulla beach. As BBC News reports,…

RNLI lifeboats from Wicklow and Arklow were involved in a multi-agency search for a missing surfer at Magheramore beach on Friday morning (10 March). Wicklow RNLI and Arklow RNLI were tasked to search for a missing surfer south of Wicklow…

The surfing world has paid tribute to Brazilian big wave surfer Marcio Freire after his death at Nazaré last Thursday (5 January). According to RTÉ News, Freire fell into the water while surfing at the Portuguese swell regarded as producing…

Mayo Mayhem windsurfing wave competition held its fifth edition on Achill Island, in County Mayo, at the end of September, and the organisers have released a post-event video (below).  The Mayo Mayhem weekend results also decided the Irish windsurfing wave…

National Museum NI’s Ulster Transport Museum has introduced a new exhibition exploring the origins of surfing as a sport in Ireland. ‘Celtic Wave’ dives into this island’s connection to surfing and how this began in the 1960s through a group…

Surfers have been invited to help set a new Irish “paddle out” record next month while raising funds for a community mental health project in Sligo. The first “Big Board Meeting”, as it is called, is set for September 17th,…

The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was called out this evening, Sunday, April 10th, at 7.50 pm, by the Valentia Coast Guard Marine Rescue Co-Ordination Centre when persons on the shore noticed that two surfers appeared in difficulties off Dunworley…

Clogherhead and Kilkeel RNLI were requested to launch their all-weather and inshore lifeboats this afternoon after a windsurfer was reported missing in Carlingford Lough. The lifeboats were requested to launch just before 2pm following an initial report that a person…

Enthusiasts of surfing, sea kayaking and coasteering are being asked to contribute to a project collecting data about Northern Ireland’s marine wildlife. As the Coleraine Chronicle reports, National Museums NI’s Centre for Environmental Data and Recording (CEDaR) hopes that the North…