Drumnacraig Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Donegal, Ireland)
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Drumnacraig Beach Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell N | Wind WSW
Sea Temperature Today is: 7.9 °C
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Wind State | off | off | off | cross- off |
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Drumnacraig Beach in Donegal is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Works best in offshore winds from the west southwest with some shelter here from south winds. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the ideal swell direction is from the north. The beach break provides left and right handers. Good surf at all stages of the tide. The location means that it never gets crowded.
Tide Times:
For Ballyhiernan Bay, 6 km from Drumnacraig Beach.
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Drumnacraig Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Malin Head, 23 km from Drumnacraig Beach.
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Overall Drumnacraig Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in April



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The two graphs above are also combined in the single Drumnacraig Beach surf consistency graph.
Also see Drumnacraig Beach surf quality by season and Drumnacraig Beach surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to Donegal surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Drumnacraig Beach
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Drumnacraig Beach:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break2 mi
- Second closest break3 mi
- Third closest break4 mi
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Wave buoys nearest to Drumnacraig Beach:
- Closest wave buoy96 mi
- Second closest wave buoy150 mi
- Third closest wave buoy193 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy195 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy239 mi
Tide stations nearest to Drumnacraig Beach:
- Closest tide station9 mi
- Second closest tide station20 mi
- Third closest tide station35 mi
- Fourth closest tide station38 mi
- Fifth closest tide station54 mi

Ski Resorts closest to Drumnacraig Beach:
- Closest ski areaGlencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)145 mi
- Second closest ski areaNevis Range (United Kingdom)150 mi
- Third closest ski areaRaise (United Kingdom)189 mi
- Fourth closest ski areaGlenshee (United Kingdom)194 mi
- Fifth closest ski areaCairngorm (United Kingdom)200 mi

Town and city forecasts close to Drumnacraig Beach:
- Closest city locationDerry (United Kingdom)20 mi
- Second closest city locationLondonderry County Borough (United Kingdom)21 mi
- Third closest city locationColeraine (United Kingdom)38 mi
- Fourth closest city locationBallymena (United Kingdom)59 mi
- Fifth closest city locationLisburn (United Kingdom)62 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Drumnacraig Beach is Londonderry Eglinton Airport (LDY) in North Ireland, 36 km (22 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Drumnacraig Beach is St Angelo (Enniskillen) Airport (ENK) in England, 93 km (58 miles) away.
- Third is Islay Airport (ILY) in U.k, 99 km (61 miles) away.
- Aldergrove (Belfast) Airport (BFS) in North Ireland is 110 km (68 miles) away.
- Sligo Airport (SXL) in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Drumnacraig Beach and is 124 km (77 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Drumnacraig Beach, Donegal. Use the tab navigation above to view Drumnacraig Beach sea temperature, Drumnacraig Beach photographs, Drumnacraig Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Drumnacraig Beach webcams, current wind from Donegal live weather stations and Drumnacraig Beach tide predictions. The Ireland swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Ireland and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Ireland wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Drumnacraig Beach.