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Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 13 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
8.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 6AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
6
!
!
6
6
4
5
5
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.7
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111010991212121219181817171716161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1250127810606535852531775295385376862044643569426328578553434173369332112634259826342669
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
45
S
45
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
2.39
3:30PM
2.39
4:01AM
2.56
4:21PM
2.53
4:46AM
2.75
5:03PM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
1.12
9:13AM
1.13
9:35PM
1.02
10:08AM
0.99
10:23PM
0.87
10:53AM
0.82
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise----8:48-------8:48-------8:47---
Sunset------4:30-------4:31-------4:34-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
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Rain (mm)
-----13----1------------
Temp. °C885445567656555554444677
Feels °C (?)-11-1-2-4-5-5-110-1-1-100-1-2-3-3-2-2122
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