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Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 08 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
8.3° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
4
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.9
NW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)111112121313121212121413131312121111101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8299118219641077953822782874920172119791862162213451106838615471339295328555663
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
25
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
55
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
2.66
10:09AM
2.99
10:32PM
2.49
10:56AM
2.73
11:26PM
2.34
11:52AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
0.48
3:40AM
0.54
4:27PM
0.70
4:29AM
0.78
5:17PM
0.90
5:26AM
1.01
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------8:52-------8:52-------8:52-
Sunset4:20-------4:22-------4:22-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1111111----------12312-
Temp. °C777766667777774554457899
Feels °C (?)53232221121112-2-10-2-5-6-5-3-10
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