TRUST & PROCESS
This site exists to help you decide when and where to fish, honestly. Here is how content is produced, reviewed, and corrected.
Guides and tactics are grounded in the east-facing Wicklow shoreline, surf tables, harbour walls, railway access and seasonal patterns that behave differently from generic Irish or UK advice.
Live weather comes from Open-Meteo (Greystones-area coordinates). When enabled, a plain-language narrative interprets those figures for shore fishing. It is assistive, not a marine forecast. Always confirm Met Éireann, local swell on your mark, and tide tables before travelling.
The Today's shore plan layers explainable wind and sea-state heuristics (including the classic easterly surf rule) on top of that snapshot. Inspect the reasoning chips on that page before treating any mark shortlist as prescriptive.
Species seasonality for Wicklow is summarised on the fishing calendar. Month ratings are editorially maintained to stay aligned with spot and species pages.
Reader corrections and local notes are reviewed before they influence public guidance. We do not publish private mark details without permission, and safety or regulation corrections are prioritised before routine copy updates.
Species and bag-limit notes summarise commonly cited rules. They are not legal advice. Verify current IFI and EU measures before retaining fish. Conservation callouts favour responsible release where stocks are pressured.
Tools here explain trade-offs: wind sector, swell, tide window, so you can decide. They do not replace forecasts, regulations, or what you see on the beach. When an output feels too neat for messy conditions, trust the messy conditions.
When we get something wrong, we fix it and log it on the changelog. Spot a factual error? Use contact. We prioritise safety and regulatory corrections.