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Loughros Beg in Donegal is a fairly exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds blow from the southeast. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest.. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up.

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Overall Loughros Beg Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Loughros Beg:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Gweebarra	5 mi
Second closest break	Muckros	13 mi
Third closest break	Rossnowlagh	19 mi
Fourth closest break	Tullan Strand	22 mi
Fifth closest break	Bundoran	23 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Loughros Beg:
Closest wave buoy	M4 Donegal Bay Buoy	61 mi
Second closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	155 mi
Third closest wave buoy	K4 Buoy	156 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Liverpool Buoy	214 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Aberporth Buoy	239 mi
Tide stations nearest to Loughros Beg:
Closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland	79 mi
Second closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.	79 mi
Third closest tide station	Port Ellen, Islay, Western Scotland	108 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Port Ellen, Islay, Western Scotland - READ flaterco	108 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland	114 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Loughros Beg:
Closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	191 mi
Second closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	197 mi
Third closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	218 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	241 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	245 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Loughros Beg:
Closest city location	Ardara (Ireland)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Glenties (Ireland)	9 mi
Third closest city location	Killybegs (Ireland)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Donegal (Ireland)	19 mi
Fifth closest city location	Gweedore (Ireland)	21 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Loughros Beg is Sligo Airport (SXL) in Ireland, 57 km (35 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Loughros Beg is St Angelo (Enniskillen) Airport (ENK) in England, 70 km (43 miles) away.
• Third is Londonderry Eglinton Airport (LDY) in North Ireland, 91 km (57 miles) away.
• Connaught Airport (NOC) in Ireland is 100 km (62 miles) away.
• Aldergrove (Belfast) Airport (BFS) in North Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Loughros Beg and is 148 km (92 miles) away.