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Carrickfinn Surf Photo: 'The Airport Break' by John Richards

Lat Long: 55.04° N 8.35° W

Issued: 6 pm 01 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Carrickfinn sea temperature is

14.9° C

1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Carrickfinn surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W		WNW	NW
	9 s	glass		9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW		WNW	NW
	9 s	glass		9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	NW		WNW	NW
	9 s	glass		9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	NW		NW	W
	9 s	glass		11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	NW		WNW	W
	10 s	glass		10 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W		WNW
	10 s	glass		10 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW		WNW
	9 s	glass		9 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	NW		WNW
	9 s	glass		9 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W		WNW
	9 s	glass		9 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SW		WNW
	9 s	glass		9 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SW		WNW	NW
	9 s	glass		9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SSW		WNW	NW
	8 s	glass		8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	S		WNW	NW
	8 s	cross- off		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SSE		WNW
	8 s	cross- off		8 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SSE	SSW	WNW
	8 s	cross- off	3 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SSE	S	WNW	N
	8 s	cross- off	4 s	8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	SSE	S	WNW	N
	8 s	cross- off	4 s	8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Carrickfinn around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 31 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 2.8m (9.1 ft). Range 4.36m (14.3 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Carrickfinn Surf Photo: 'The Airport Break' by John Richards

Blue Flag beach with easy access, sure, if you are flying in to or from Donegal Airport why not take a dip it's right next door.

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User: John Richards (4 photos)

Country: Ireland (378 photos)

Photo taken at: 11:39 am 3 Oct 2015