Donabate Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.48° N 6.12° W

Donabate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Donabate sea temperature is
15.1°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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 9AM is: 0.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)5s
Afternoon (11 Oct)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (11 Oct)5ft (1.6m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun morning, strong winds from the SSE by Sun night).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WNW
3
0.2
WNW
3
—
0.1
S
5
—
0.6
SSE
3
1.1
SSE
4
1.7
SSE
6
2.1
SSE
6
2
SSE
7
1.9
SSE
7
1
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.8
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
5
1.4
SSE
6
1.1
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
0
0
1
0
8
47
171
325
350
326
67
31
28
85
110
83
47
28
17
8
9
6
6
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
30
S
25
S
30
S
30
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
25
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:07AM3.95m
12:32PM3.75m
00:45AM3.90m
1:05PM3.73m
1:21AM3.79m
1:36PM3.66m
Low Tide
6:01AM-0.05m
6:15PM0.11m
6:38AM0.05m
6:53PM0.12m
7:13AM0.21m
7:31PM0.22m
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rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:43
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7:43
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7:46
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6:37
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6:36
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6:34
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 mm
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1
1
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2
5
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Temp °C
9
8
9
10
12
13
14
14
14
14
15
16
17
18
17
18
17
14
13
13
14
15
14
13
Feels °C
5
5
6
8
7
7
8
7
7
8
11
16
16
15
13
15
12
9
9
7
7
10
10
9
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