Donabate surf break

Donabate surfForecast / Wexford / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 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
15.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Donabate today?

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 3PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
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 (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.1
S
0.3
SSE
0.1
S
0.6
NE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)554666766555516516416151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98177289821681208815101111655105544444
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
NE
5
ENE
5
N
25
NNE
30
N
30
NNW
40
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
30
NNW
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
3.17
10:09PM
3.50
10:49AM
3.33
10:56PM
3.69
11:31AM
3.45
11:36PM
3.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
0.89
4:08AM
0.45
4:20PM
0.67
4:53AM
0.25
5:02PM
0.48
5:31AM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset---7:34-------7:30-------7:29----
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11------13431-1569815----
Temp. °C12141919181818171615141313131313111091010111010
Feels °C (?)101216151515151515151413131313954175843
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wexford

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Donabate (light winds from the ESE at Dublin Airport 10 km from Donabate). 0.6m 5s windswell from the SSE to make surfable waves.

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2 h 17 min ago

11 km/h
ESE
Cross-On
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