Donabate Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.48° N 6.12° W

Donabate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Donabate sea temperature is
16.2°C
1.4° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 17s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 2s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 8AM is: 0.1m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 25). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)17s
Afternoon (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (25 Sep)1ft (0.3m)2s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
4
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
16
0.2
S
4
0.1
S
16
0.3
S
3
0.1
S
16
0.5
SW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.5
SW
3
0.1
S
15
0.4
SSW
3
0.7
S
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.4
SSE
5
1
SSE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
17
7
6
5
1
5
1
5
4
6
5
4
3
14
38
36
34
51
61
75
106
60
31
20
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
15
WNW
10
W
15
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:57PM3.60m
11:26AM3.42m
11:33PM3.78m
12:01PM3.58m
00:08AM3.90m
12:35PM3.69m
Low Tide
4:59AM0.33m
5:07PM0.46m
5:33AM0.11m
5:43PM0.28m
6:08AM-0.04m
6:19PM0.15m
cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
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7:16
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7:14
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2
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Temp °C
16
14
12
13
15
16
16
14
13
12
12
14
17
19
17
15
14
14
13
16
18
12
12
11
Feels °C
13
10
7
9
11
12
13
10
8
7
8
10
13
15
13
11
10
9
8
11
13
9
10
8
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