Donabate Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.48° N 6.12° W

Donabate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Donabate sea temperature is
16.0°C
1.3° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 3AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (27 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun night, fresh winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
3
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
S
5
0.8
S
4
0.9
SSE
4
1.4
SSE
5
1.5
SSE
6
1.8
SSE
7
1
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SSE
7
0.2
SSE
7
0.2
SSE
7
0.1
S
6
0.5
SSE
3
0.5
SSE
4
0.6
SSE
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
35
36
26
32
99
143
290
91
35
17
11
9
4
4
1
5
7
8
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SE
30
W
30
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSE
10
S
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:08AM3.90m
12:35PM3.69m
00:44AM3.96m
1:10PM3.74m
Low Tide
5:43PM0.28m
6:08AM-0.04m
6:19PM0.15m
6:43AM-0.09m
6:57PM0.08m
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clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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mod rain
rain showers
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
19
17
15
14
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14
11
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10
10
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Feels °C
14
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11
8
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6
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12
8
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10
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