Intro- I am swimming a total of 100km through the darkness, in the darkest and coldest months of the year off the North Coast of Ireland....

I am taking part in a UK wide project researching the presence of microplastics in our waters. I will cover The River Bann Estuary and...

This is at Castlerock Northern Ireland today. I wasnt expecting much today on the north coast. The swell was going to hit the west coast...

Looks like the Atlantic is lighting up. The past few days have been pretty good but there appears to be an apocalyptic storm brewing at...

A few clips from some surf sessions in September. Music by Powertrip

The month of September was amazing for surf, October unusually not so to date. With our freedom of movement and all sorts of restrictions...

I have switched to my winter training now for the season ahead (some of that is available at the back of my Unchartered Surf book). I...

Just a note to say thank you to everyone who has been tweeting etc and sending me messages about the rescue yesterday. I’m glad I was in...

I just recorded a feature with ITV Sport. As usual everytime I film with TV there is no surf but we made the most of what there was and...

Paddleboarding North Coast of Ireland Video Al Mennie

Just a quick note to let everyone who was kind enough to pre-order my 5th book Uncharted Surf that it is on its last way to you. Thank...

If you pre-ordered Survive & Thrive firstly thank you! You can expect to receive it early next week!

Survive & Thrive and Uncharted Surf. Both these books were written in lockdown and will be available very soon. You can check out the...

I thought I would write this in an attempt to help people who may be struggling at the minute through this thing that is being referred...

Tune in to BBC4 tonight April 4th for the first episode in an eight part series of TWIN starring Kristofer Hivju. TWIN was filmed in...

I started posting videos and pictures of the sea and Sky on my social media recently (well i suppose i kinda do all the time anyway) but rec

School closures across the globe have meant kids are out of routine. The image below might help structure their days, keep them...

If you have recently had to leave work, school or self isolate then the loss of structure and habit from daily life could be responsible for

Rob and I worked on a video piece and stills this week for release in the next couple of months. I will update at a later date.

Al Mennie, storm surfing, Ireland Winter.