Culdaff surf break

Culdaff surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 IST
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Culdaff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Culdaff sea temperature is
8.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Culdaff today?

The current surf forecast for Culdaff at 12PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (20 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)7ft (2.2m)14s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
3
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.3
WNW
1.2
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)161615151514141413131313121277719666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5601498240463114255021521887159811909989467506195114324463591220117158223247245131
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
40
SE
25
SSE
45
SE
35
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
ESE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
10
ESE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
2.73
7:13PM
2.45
7:36AM
2.77
7:45PM
2.43
8:08AM
2.76
8:19PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
0.30
1:25AM
0.14
1:57PM
0.27
1:56AM
0.14
2:30PM
0.28
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise--8:40-------8:38-------8:37-----
Sunset----4:38-------4:40-------4:42---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----2341-----1111--1123-
Temp. °C656878677667679999988776
Feels °C (?)3-1-2-1-300-3-1000-4-21112211241
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