Bundoran Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me talk about Bundoran over the next couple weeks.

Honestly, it’s a quiet spell ahead. The water’s sitting at 62°F, which feels much warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a nice surprise if you’re heading in for a dip.

Right now on Wednesday morning, the 8th of July, we’ve got a small 3ft swell from the west, with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is moderate at 168, and the wind is glassy – dead calm. It’s surfable, but only just. The conditions are ordinary, so don’t expect much. The rest of Wednesday and all of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday stay poor. Swell drops to around 3ft to 3ft, winds go cross or cross-onshore, and it’s not worth wetsuiting up.

Sunday the 12th through Monday the 13th sees clean, glassy conditions with offshore easterly winds, but the swell is tiny – 0.7ft to 2ft. The energy is weak, reading as low as 14. You’d be floating more than surfing. Tuesday the 14th stays clean but small, with 2ft and east winds around 9 to 12 mph.

We have a real gap here: from the 8th right through to the morning of Sunday the 19th of July, there’s nothing worth recommending. That’s about 11 days of flat or poor surf.

Then, on Sunday morning the 19th of July, we finally see a spike. The swell jumps to 4ft from the west-northwest, period is a short 7 seconds, but the combined energy is moderate at 188. The wind is glassy – dead calm again. It’s surfable, but only just ordinary. By the afternoon that same day, the swell builds to 5ft from the west-northwest, and the energy climbs to 300 (moderate). The period is still short at 8 seconds, but the wind turns onshore from the west-northwest at 9 mph, so it gets messy. That 5ft is a bit much for beginners, but for experienced surfers, that’s the best we get in this whole run.

Monday the 20th of July has a 4ft swell from the northwest, energy at 265, but with cross-onshore winds and clouds, it’s only marginal. Then it drops off again into tiny, choppy junk for the rest of the week. Thursday the 23rd of July afternoon sees a little pulse: 3ft from the west, period 8 seconds, energy 120, and glassy winds. Ordinary, but at least clean.

So, the standout here is Sunday morning the 19th of July. That 4ft west-northwest swell with glassy winds will give you the cleanest ride of the forecast. The other tiny window is Thursday afternoon the 23rd if you’re desperate for a glassy session. But overall, this is a lean stretch – we’re waiting on a proper pulse.

Rusty.

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