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Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 18 Jan 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
7.9° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 10PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
3
4
4
5
5
5
4
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
1
W
0.8
NW
1.8
NW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1010991120181716161616161615151514141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137986159238455199248174678442240714176397135983000244419561929166713881077888772657
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
10
NE
5
ENE
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SE
20
E
40
ESE
45
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
45
ESE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
2.92
6:32AM
3.23
6:45PM
2.98
7:05AM
3.32
7:17PM
3.00
7:37AM
3.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.52
12:11AM
0.38
12:40PM
0.40
12:43AM
0.26
1:12PM
0.33
1:15AM
0.20
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------8:42-------8:41-------8:41-
Sunset4:37-------4:38-------4:40-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C665566655664445678777666
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-2-12332420-1-2-1-4-200-1-3-2-2-2
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