Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
8.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballyhiernan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballyhiernan Bay at 12PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
4
4
4
4
2
1
3
3
4
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
W
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)181716161515141414141313121211111111111315151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55465123379230792611234921181960193315381216943703644718870916953154038538394844368555860
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
10
SSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSW
25
WSW
40
W
40
W
45
W
50
W
40
W
30
W
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
2.68
9:59PM
2.70
10:16AM
2.43
10:43PM
2.47
11:04AM
2.19
11:52PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.70
3:43PM
0.81
4:11AM
0.95
4:20PM
1.04
5:00AM
1.20
5:14PM
1.23
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:48-------6:46-------6:43------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:20-------8:22--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----12--------13111-1--
Temp. °C991115161411988810121311987777777
Feels °C (?)3249121286554689652-2-3-4-4-3-12
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