Donabate surf break

Donabate surfForecast / Wexford / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 IST
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Donabate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Donabate sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Donabate today?

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 2PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). 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 (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.5
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)8766766554666666665555516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3205029191219189122285928086591864022171111755
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
5
SSW
15
SSE
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
W
5
ENE
5
E
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
off
glassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
3.03
9:10PM
3.27
9:58AM
3.17
10:09PM
3.50
10:49AM
3.33
10:56PM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
1.09
3:14AM
0.68
3:32PM
0.89
4:08AM
0.45
4:20PM
0.67
4:53AM
0.25
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:34-------7:30----
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-----------------122113
Temp. °C181818171413131314201919181818151414131211111212
Feels °C (?)151313131089121217161614141512131212111011108
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wexford

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Donabate (moderate winds from the WSW at Dublin Airport 10 km from Donabate). 1.2m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.7m 3s local chop from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 42 min ago

22 km/h
WSW
Cross-Off
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