Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 IST
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Ballyhiernan Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballyhiernan Bay sea temperature is
6.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ballyhiernan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballyhiernan Bay at 8AM is: 3.0m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)10ft (3.0m)17s
Afternoon (21 Feb)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (21 Feb)8ft (2.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Ballyhiernan Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
5
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
5
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121717171616161514141414141415161616161615141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)179420014623417833813098295822332070241027763062393745555690767510866119391059382555224370927861995
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SW
50
SW
55
SW
55
WSW
55
WSW
45
WSW
30
WSW
10
S
20
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
3.46
8:37PM
3.09
8:55AM
3.27
9:16PM
2.94
9:38AM
3.00
10:04PM
2.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
0.13
2:36AM
0.21
3:06PM
0.32
3:19AM
0.44
3:50PM
0.58
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--7:41-------7:39-------7:35-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:50-------5:52---
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11-1----1---1--1---141-
Temp. °C910101011121091098999889999981111
Feels °C (?)445566322000-1-2-3-4-3-3-127377
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