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Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 15 Mar 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
7.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballyhiernan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballyhiernan Bay at 10PM is: 7.0m 19s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)--
Afternoon (15 Mar)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (15 Mar)23ft (7.0m)19s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
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
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!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
5.5
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7
NW
6.5
NW
6
NW
5.5
NW
5
NW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121419191919181817161615141413131313131212161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663312963366613747834864303892457118154135971079177185638430236593468302827232310202317321499390830092381
Wind
(km/h)
55
W
55
W
55
W
50
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
25
SSE
40
SSW
40
SW
30
SSW
30
S
40
S
40
S
50
S
25
WSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
0
E
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
2.54
4:35AM
2.92
4:51PM
2.78
5:06AM
3.20
5:23PM
3.00
5:37AM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
0.74
10:46AM
0.58
10:47PM
0.47
11:16AM
0.31
11:19PM
0.23
11:47AM
0.07
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise------6:43-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset-6:32-------6:35-------6:37------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
121111-12------23-------
Temp. °C55566787111212111212121099888999
Feels °C (?)-8-8-8-6-5-3013455432524455686
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