Donabate Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.48° N 6.12° W

Donabate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Donabate sea temperature is
16.2°C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Donabate today (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 3AM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (11 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (11 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
3
0.7
SSE
4
0.8
S
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
2
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
5
6
3
2
2
3
3
16
29
30
36
25
17
16
9
5
5
5
2
2
1
5
6
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:50PM4.07m
12:24PM3.74m
00:31AM4.16m
1:02PM3.77m
1:10AM4.13m
1:37PM3.74m
Low Tide
5:48AM-0.19m
5:58PM0.11m
6:28AM-0.25m
6:38PM0.04m
7:07AM-0.18m
7:17PM0.07m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:50
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:51
7:49
7:45
 mm
Temp °C
13
12
12
13
15
17
15
15
13
17
17
18
18
20
19
17
16
15
16
15
17
17
18
18
Feels °C
10
8
9
10
13
15
12
12
8
13
13
15
16
18
17
15
15
14
16
14
16
16
17
17
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