Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 05 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
8.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ballyhiernan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ballyhiernan Bay at 2AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)20s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
0.9
W
1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111111111121212112018181716161515151514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22081656132611319847525944884072027904403573251233731335127772414217820151809157612531030
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
30
W
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
3.08
9:09AM
2.92
9:25PM
2.91
9:41AM
2.68
9:59PM
2.70
10:16AM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.38
3:00AM
0.46
3:12PM
0.59
3:33AM
0.70
3:43PM
0.81
4:11AM
0.95
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:48-------6:46--
Sunset-8:14-------8:15-------8:17------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C7765456912129999101314131312111199
Feels °C (?)-4-21-1-2-2-4-145112127991111101066
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