Donabate Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.48° N 6.12° W

Donabate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Donabate sea temperature is
15.6°C
1.1° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 8AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (01 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri morning, light winds from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
3
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
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.2
SSE
11
0.2
SSE
10
0.5
S
3
0.7
S
4
0.9
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
5
1.6
SSE
6
1.6
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
30
18
11
11
5
16
32
56
62
59
84
148
170
117
73
41
19
11
5
5
3
2
2
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
30
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
SW
15
S
10
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:47AM3.67m
3:08PM3.48m
3:40AM3.44m
4:02PM3.31m
4:45AM3.20m
5:10PM3.16m
Low Tide
8:45AM0.34m
9:07PM0.38m
9:34AM0.63m
10:03PM0.60m
10:33AM0.91m
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Temp °C
13
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12
15
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15
15
15
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17
16
13
12
10
10
10
13
15
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Feels °C
10
7
7
8
11
11
10
10
10
11
13
11
11
11
10
9
8
6
7
6
10
13
11
10
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