Donabate Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.48° N 6.12° W

Donabate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Donabate sea temperature is
16.1°C
0.8° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 8PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (11 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (11 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sun morning).

Fri
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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
Swell
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
6
0.4
SSE
3
0.6
S
3
0.9
S
4
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
6
1.1
S
6
0.5
SSE
5
0.5
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
3
0.5
S
3
0.7
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
2
2
2
3
8
31
36
33
91
17
16
9
5
5
5
2
2
3
6
13
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
SSE
15
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
12:24PM3.74m
00:31AM4.16m
1:02PM3.77m
1:10AM4.13m
1:37PM3.74m
Low Tide
5:58PM0.11m
6:28AM-0.25m
6:38PM0.04m
7:07AM-0.18m
7:17PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:50
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:51
7:49
7:45
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
14
16
16
15
15
14
16
18
17
19
21
19
17
16
14
14
14
16
16
18
19
Feels °C
11
13
14
12
12
9
12
14
14
16
18
17
16
14
12
13
14
16
14
16
17
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