Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
7.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 10AM is: 1.2m 19s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)4ft (1.2m)19s
Afternoon (25 Feb)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
NW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WSW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)13201916161515151114148111111111111121312121312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)633738104418631807147210887956764653522579599117246799171126123717201426140224902010
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SW
10
WSW
10
S
15
S
20
S
30
SW
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
2.42
12:50AM
2.42
1:51PM
2.34
2:37AM
2.57
3:23PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
0.97
6:11PM
1.08
7:15AM
1.08
7:58PM
1.08
8:59AM
0.91
9:21PM
0.86
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:31-------7:28-------7:26-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:58--------6:00--
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1--11-1--3------------
Temp. °C1010101111111011119991098878888777
Feels °C (?)666899775432322333211113
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