Ballyhiernan Bay surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm 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 7PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1
NW
1.3
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.6
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
3
NW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121191012141313131313121216151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)689503228287671784165314931487142714651905186816221281277325252457226523902862176027223489
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
10
WSW
10
NW
20
WSW
20
WNW
20
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
30
E
45
S
50
SSW
60
NW
45
WNW
50
W
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
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
2:28AM
0.27
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:56-------6:52
Sunset---8:08-------8:10-------8:12----
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1113113321-----6221-1-
Temp. °C5757887765776644321085667
Feels °C (?)-1-1-3-1254210-2-3-3-1-1-2-3-50-3-9-5-6-4
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