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Donabate surfForecast / Wexford / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 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
7.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donabate today?

The current surf forecast for Donabate at 1AM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (25 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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 (?)
2.5
E
3
ESE
2.5
E
3
E
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
0.8
SSE
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)777776656655566677876464
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)788799788859443249155103114397110212717229747965548918175342017113
Wind
(km/h)
50
E
50
E
50
E
50
E
40
S
30
SSE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
55
SE
45
SSE
10
SSW
5
WNW
20
E
30
E
15
ESE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononononononononcross-
on		offcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
3.63
3:31AM
3.20
3:37PM
3.46
4:22AM
3.10
4:34PM
3.29
5:22AM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
0.33
9:13AM
0.71
9:51PM
0.52
10:09AM
0.87
10:50PM
0.71
11:18AM
0.99
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------8:21-------8:18-------8:18-
Sunset4:50-------4:52-------4:53-------
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
61211--1-------1441-182-
Temp. °C788878878888888777867687
Feels °C (?)-4-2-3-2-2111232100-2-3-5-3532-144
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