Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 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
8.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballyhiernan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballyhiernan Bay at 11AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
3
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNW
1
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1
NW
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.6
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)9131212119101214131313131312121615151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)280330689555228281432797172313031134148713421491843138112812773249122962265280317602094
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
25
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
25
SE
35
E
50
S
50
SW
50
NW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
3.49
7:27PM
3.26
7:40AM
3.43
7:56PM
3.26
8:10AM
3.31
8:25PM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.05
1:24AM
0.08
1:45PM
0.10
1:56AM
0.14
2:14PM
0.21
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:01------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:08-------8:10-------8:12--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----11111-12-1----1643--
Temp. °C6558578988767766443310757
Feels °C (?)2001-3-11311000-2-3-1-1-1-3-60-4-7-2
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